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What is a parvis?

What is a parvis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
  2. A portico surrounding such a space.
  3. The porch of a church, or the room over it.
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She nodded at parvis with the look of triumph of a child who has successfully worked out a difficult puzzle.
The 7500 square metre piazza, to which the parvis is linked, is calculated to cater for a crowd of 15 000 people.
The parvis was filled with a thick smoke, which the musketry streaked with flame.
The building draws back from the end of the site to form a parvis planted with trees, which will hopefully become a well-used and cared-for public space.
At the north end of the composition, in front of the cathedral is a new parvis which is intended to be a place of congregation and recreation.
A simple glass wall separates the church from its huge parvis, dematerializing the boundary between interior and exterior.

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