Wat (wie) is PARVIS - definitie
OPEN SPACE IN FRONT OF AND AROUND A CATHEDRAL OR CHURCH
Parvis
![Perpendicular Gothic]] porch of [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester]]: an elaborate example of what in later English usage has been called a parvise](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cirencester StJohnBaptistChurch.jpg?width=200 "Perpendicular Gothic]] porch of [[Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester]]: an elaborate example of what in later English usage has been called a parvise")
![The Parvise at [[Castle Ashby]], [[Northamptonshire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CAParvise.JPG?width=200 "The Parvise at [[Castle Ashby]], [[Northamptonshire]]")
![[[Bletchingley]] Church Parvise, [[Surrey]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ParviseBletchingley.jpg?width=200 "[[Bletchingley]] Church Parvise, [[Surrey]]")
![[[Malmesbury Abbey]], [[Wiltshire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MalmesburyParvise.JPG?width=200 "[[Malmesbury Abbey]], [[Wiltshire]]")
![Dodford]] Parish Church, [[Northamptonshire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dodford Church 16th March 2007 (2).JPG?width=200 "Dodford]] Parish Church, [[Northamptonshire]]")
![Martham]] Parish Church, [[Norfolk]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IMAG0104.jpg?width=200 "Martham]] Parish Church, [[Norfolk]]")
parvis
['p?:v?s]
(also parvise)
¦ noun an enclosed area in front of a church, typically surrounded with colonnades or porticoes.
Origin
ME: from OFr., based on late L. paradisus 'paradise', in the Middle Ages denoting a court in front of St Peter's, Rome.
Parvis
·noun ·Alt. of Parvise.
Parvise
·noun a court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch;
- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers.
Wikipedia
Parvise
A parvis or parvise is the open space in front of and around a cathedral or church, especially when surrounded by either colonnades or porticoes, as at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. It is thus a church-specific type of forecourt, front yard or apron.
