PARUSIA
Pa*ru"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
PARVANIMITY
Par`va*nim"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. parvus little + animus mind.]
Defn: The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; — opposed to magnanimity. De Quincey.
PARVENU Par"ve*nu`, n. Etym: [F., prop. p.p. of parvenir to attain to, to succeed, to rise to high station, L. pervenire to come to; per through + venire to come. See Par, prep., and Come.]
Defn: An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.
PARVIS; PARVISE Par"vis, Par"vise, n. Etym: [F. parvis, fr. LL. paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See Paradise.]
Defn: 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. Chaucer.
PARVITUDE; PARVITY
Par"vi*tude, Par"vi*ty, n. Etym: [L. parvitas, fr. parvus little: cf.
OF. parvité.]
Defn: Littleness. [Obs.] Glanvill. Ray.