parvanimity 
I trust thai rtn f. ],C,S,.MS i,i,l,,,l, not of the clasn of 
i:n i 
-an), n. [< ML. 
F. Hull, Mod.-iii Knuli.-li, |.. ::.".. 
Parvati (r*r'v-M), n. [Skt., 'of the moun- 
tain,' or 'daughter of the mountain (Hima- 
laya), '< /in i' i-ii In, mountain.] A Hindu divinity: 
same as Itiiri/n. 
parvenket, . A Middle English form of peri- 
innkli' 1 . 
parvenu (piir've-nu), n. and a. [< F. piirn //, 
a parvenu, < jtiirrciin, .successful, pp. of /inn-i-- 
nii - It. /n i-i-i nin , arrive, succeed, thrive, < L. 
IH i-renire, arrive, < per, through, + centre, come : 
see conn:] I. . One newly risen into notice, 
especially by an accident of fortune and beyond 
his birth or apparent deserts, whet her as a claim- 
ant for u place in society or as occupying a posi- 
tion of authority; an upstart. 
This I'ontiii (Plus IV.], a genial, politic man of the 
world, bot-tonpsnd but placable, a parvenu as compared 
with tin- nulilc- birth of hia predecessors, had the qualities 
which belong to the position of parvenu. 
Quarterly Rev., CXLV. 293. 
I ... have always observed through life . . . that It 
Is your parvenu who stickles most for what he calls the 
genteel, and has the most squeamish abhorrence for what 
Is frank and natural. 
Thackeray, Fit*- Boodle's Confessions. 
II. a. Like or characteristic of a parvenu or 
upstart. 
Making the sanctities of Christianity look parvenu and 
popular. /.,. v,,, 
parvipsoas (piir-vip'so-as), . [NL., < L. par- 
t-its, small, + NL. psoas.] The small psoatic 
muscle; the psoas parvus. See psoas. 
parvipsoatic (par-yip-so-at'ik), a. Of or per- 
taining to the parvipsoas. 
parvirostrate (piir-vi-ros'trat), a. [< L. par- 
rus, small, + rostratus, having a bill, < rostrum, 
a beak, bill.] In ornith., having a small bill. 
Parvirostres (par-vi-ros'trez), n. pi. [NL. : 
in which the bill is very small. [Not used.] 
parvis, parvise (par'vis), . [< ME. parvin, 
/iin-i-i/s, /iiiri'i/xr, /n/reyce, < OF. parvis, parevis, 
pnrei'x, IHII-IIIK, F. parrin, < ML. piiriirixux, l>nr- 
tisius, a corruption (after Kom.) of paradixus, 
a church close, < LL. paradisus: see paradise. 
open place before a church, the porch repre- 
sented paradise.] 1. A vacant inclosed space 
of greater or less extent before a church (often 
slightly raised), and under the jurisdiction of 
the church authorities; also, the outer court of 
a palace or great house. 
It (Villa Mondragone] stands perched on a terrace as 
vast as the parvise of St. Peter's, looking straight away 
over black cypress-tops Into the shining vastness of the 
Campagna. U. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 179. 
2. A room over a church porch employed as a 
school-room or a storage-room, or as a lodging 
for some ecclesiastic. 
Over each porch in the nave is a panise, or priest's 
chamber. S. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 2OS. 
3. A church porch, where lawyers were in the 
habit of meeting for consultation ; specifically, 
the portico of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. 
A sergeant of the lawe, war and wys. 
That often haddc ben at the parvys, 
Ther was also. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 310. 
I'urrit and portal bloom like trelllsed Imwers, 
And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers. 
Longfellow, Dlvina Commedia, Sonnets, 11. 
parvitudet (piir'vi-tud), . [< L. as if "parvi- 
tudo, < pari-HS, small.] Littleness; minnte- 
/iiixxtii/iiiui. passage.) A member of a religious 
body of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries 
which arose in Loin bardy and existed chiefly in 
Italy. They denied the iWtrine of theTrinit> . 
and restored the rites of the Old Testament, 
excepting the sacrifices. 
pasan (pa'zan), n. [A native African name.] 
An antelope, the oryx. 
pasch(pusk), H. [Alspa*A-, and;i</e(<OF.); 
early mod. E. and dial, also pace, page, passe; 
ME. pnxk. /HI*/.*, /iinr/n . /i/nt*. < AS. pnxcha = 
OS. OFries. jiiixrlni = I), jiiinxch, pan.* = MLG. 
IIHXI-III', /iinti-ln: /nixrlii n, pnxchen = Icel. pdsknr 
= Sw. //rt.sV,-, jMixkn = l)an. I'iKixkc = OF. paske, 
liiiar.hf, pasque, F. pdqite = 8p. pdseva = Pg. 
l"ixckoa = It.pasqua = LL.pa.irha, < Gr. n6ax<t, 
passover, < Heb. pesach, a passing over, the 
Passover, < pasach, pass over.] The Jewish 
feast of the Passover; hence, the Christian 
feast of Easter. [Obsolete or archaic, except 
in composition.] 
That he be there the thirde day after Pasche with-oute 
eny falle. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 118. 
O heal this deed on me, Meggy ; . . . 
The silks that war shapen for me gen Patche, 
They sail be sewed for thee. 
Young Redin (Child's Ballads, III. 14). 
I will compare circumcision with baptism, and the pane 
lamb with Christ's supper. 
Tyndalc, Ans. to .Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., I860), 
lp.245. 
paschal (pas'kal), a. [< OF. paschal, pascal, 
F. pascal = Sp.' pascual = Pg. paschal, pascoal 
= It.pascalc,i>asquale,<i,L.paschalis, <pascha, 
passover: seepasch.] Pertaining to the Pass- 
over or to Easter. 
The whole nation of the Jews, who were then assembled 
to celebrate the paschal solemnity. 
Bp. Atteroury, Sermons, II. v. 
Paschal candle, or paschal taper, in the Ram. Cath. 
Ch., a candle blessed by the priest in the service of Holy 
Saturday and placed on the gospel side of the altar, there 
to remain from Easter eve until Ascension day. 
To provide lights for the burial of the poor. In some 
churches the Paschal candle was broken, after Trinity 
Sunday, and made up again into small tapers exclusively 
for the funeral service of the poor people. ... In old 
wills bequests were made for the same purpose under 
the name of "the poor light." 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, il. 472, note. 
Paschal controversy, a controversy In the early church 
Such controversies occurred especially In Asia Minor hi the 
latter half of the second and in the third and fourth cen- 
turies. Paschal cycle. See cycfei. Paschal lamb, 
(a) Among the Jews, the lamb slain and eaten at the Pass- 
over (Ex. ill.). (6) In her., a white lamb passant, carrying 
a banner argent with a cross gules (the banner of St. 
George, or simply an emblem of the crucifixion). This 
was an emblem of the Knights Templars, and occurs 
sometimes in heraldry as a bearing of persons not of the 
order. -Paschal letters, in the early church, letters 
written by the Patriarch of Alexandria to the Bishop of 
Rome, aim probably to other patriarchs, and by patriarchs 
and archbishops to the bishops under their authority, an- 
nouncing the date of the next Easter festival. Paschal 
rents, a yearly tribute paid by the clergy to the bishop 
or archdeacon at their Easter visitation. Paschal so- 
lemnity, the week preceding and the week following Fas- 
ti T. Paschal supper, the Passover supper. See Pant- 
over. Paschal taper. See paschal candle. 
paschalist (pas'kal-ist), n. | < paschal + -ist.] 
proper day on which Easter should fall. 
Tradition hath had very seldom or never the gift of per- 
suasion, as that which church histories report of those east 
and western paschaliste, formerly spoken of, will declare. 
Milton, Prejatical Episcopacy. 
pasch-egg (pask'eg), n. [Also dial, pace-egg, 
q. v. ; = D. paaschei = Sw. p&skagg = Dan. 
MMMMy; as pasch + egg 1 .] An Easter egg. 
(o) An egg prepared for Easter by being dyed or decorated. 
Pasimachus 
pas d'ane fp <li)- I '': /"'", pace; (t for de, 
(if: line, ass: see ass.] One of the side rings 
of the guard of the rapier of the sixteenth cen- 
tury. See lull, i/imril, and xirord. 
pas d'armes (pii diirm). [F.:;w, pace; <P for 
''<, of: urmen, pi. of /. :inn: see arm 2 .] A 
, tilt, or tourney. See finxxage o/arnw, vn- 
paset, n. An obsolete form of pace 1 and of 
patat, 
pasgarde, . &eepageg<iii/' . 
pasn't (pasli), c. t. [< ME. piumhen, paschen, 
strike, < Sw. dial. )>nxkn, puddle in water, = 
Norw. paska, dabble in water, tumble, work 
hard. Cf. 6ot.] To strike violently; dash; 
smash. 
So Kynde thorgh cornpclona culde ful menye. 
Deth cam dryuyng after and al to douste paichte 
Kynges and knyghtet, caysers and popes. 
Pton Plotman (C'X ixilL 100. 
If I go to him, with my armed fist 
I '11 it*li him o'er the face. 
Nhak.,1. and C., II. 8. 218. 
The violent thunder Is adored by those 
Are panht In pieces by It. 
Webster, White Devil, I. 1. 
parvityt (piir'vi-ti), . [= OF. parvite = Sp. 
piii-riildd, imrreilad = Pg. parvidade = It. par- 
vita, < L. parrita(t-)s, smalluess. < parmx, 
small.] Smallness; parvitude. Bay, Works 
of Creation, i. 
parvule (par'vul), n. [< L. panning, dim. of 
pnrrus, small: see parviti/.] A minute pill. 
paryphodrome (pa-rif 'o-drom), a. [< Gr. impa, 
beside, + E. hyphodronie.] See nervation. 
pas 1 1 (pa), M. An obsolete form otpass and pace 1 , 
pas 2 (pa), . [F., a step, pace: see pace.] 1. 
A step, as in dancing or marching. 2. A 
dance : as, pas seul, a dance performed by one 
person ; pax de doux, a dance by two persons. 
Pas redouble, a quickstep, or quick-march. To take 
or have the pas of one (tr. V. avoir le pas sur quelci nn), 
to take precedence ; precede ; hence, to go beyond any one 
or anything else. 
But my aunt and her paramour took the pat, and fonned 
indeed such a pair of originals as, I believe, all England 
could not parallel. Smollett, Humphrey Clinker, ii. 199. 
Ka-ttT adornment or gift. 
pasch-flower, . See pasque-flower. 
paschlte (pas'kit), n. See quartndecimani. 
pascuage (pas'ku-aj), n. [< ML. paseuagium, < 
L. /inxi'iiitm, a pasture, <. pascuns, grazing: see 
pascuous.] In lav, the grazing or pasturing of 
cattle. Wharton. 
pascual (pas'ku-al), a. [< li.pascuug, of a pas- 
ture, + -al.] Same as pascuous. 
No hard and fast line can be drawn between Patatal and 
Pratal plants. 
Alfred Fryer, lorn, of Bot , British and Foreign (1883), p. 875. 
pascuant (pas'ku-ant), <r. [< ML. pascuan(t-)s, 
ppr. of pascuare, teed, pasture, < L. paxcuum, 
pasture: see pascuous.] In her., feeding: said 
of a ruminant creature used as a bearing. 
pascuous (pas'ku-us), a. [< L. pascuus, of or 
for pasture, unit. /"/.SCKMHI, a pasture, < pascere, 
feed: see pasture.] In hot., growing in pas- 
tures. 
i- [<pa*Al,f.] A violent smash- 
ing blow. 
pash' 2 t (pash), . [Origin unknown.] The 
head ; the face ; the brains. 
Thou want'st a rough path and the shoots that I have 
To be full like me. Shot., W. T., I. 2. 128. 
pasha (pash 'a), H. [Formerly also pashate, 
pacha, also basha, bashaip ; = F. pacha, etc., < 
Turk, pasha, < Pers. pasha, pddsnah, also cor- 
ruptly bdshd, bddshah, a sovereign, prince, 
great lord: see padishah.] A title of rank in 
Turkey, placed after the name, (a) Formerly, an 
honorary title of a prince of the blood, (ft) A title of the 
higher civil and military officials. 'I he military pashas 
were long distinguished by the horsetails displayed as a 
symlwl In war (abolished under Mahmoud II.): a pasha 
of "three tails " corresponds to a commanding general, 
a pasha of " two tails " to a general of division, a pasha of 
"one tail" to a general of brigade. The title exists in 
Egypt, and has been conferred on various forefgura in 
the service, as Gordon Patha, I. mm Pasha. 
pashalic (pash'a-lik), n. [< Turk, pdshalik, < 
pasha, a pasha : seepoAa.] The territory gov- 
erned by a pasha. Also pachalic. 
It [Saphetl Is a considerable town, having been former- 
ly the place of residence of the pasha of this country, on 
which account It was called the pathalic of Saphet. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 76. 
pasha W, . See pasha. 
pashm (pashm), n. [Pers. pashm.] A kind of 
wool produced in Tibet. 
The pashm, or shawl-wool, Is a downy substance, grow- 
ing next to the skin and under the thick hair of those 
goats found in Thibet and in the elevated lands north of 
the Himalayas. 
A. fl. F. Eliot James, Indian Industries, p. 864. 
pashmina (pash-me'na), n. Same as pushmina. 
Pashto, ". Same as Push to. 
pasigraphic (pas-i-graf'ik), a. [= F. pasigra- 
phiqite; as pasigraph-y + -ic.] Same as pasi- 
i/raphical. 
pasigraphical (pas-i-graf'i-kal), a. [< pasi- 
graphic + -al.] Of or pertaining to pasigra- 
phy: as, a pasigraphical dictionary. 
pasigraphy (pa-sig'ra-fi), n. [= F. pasioraphie 
= Pg. paxigraphia = It. pasigrajia, < Or. iraf, 
all (dat. pi. irdot, for all), + -yfxupia, < ypatyttv, 
write.] A system of language-signs adapted 
to universal use ; a kind of writing that may be 
understood and used by all nations. 
pasilaly (pas'i-lal-i), . [< Or. n-df. all (dat. pi. 
itaot, for all), + -AoXia, < >jdciv, talk.] A lan- 
guage adapted for universal use; universal 
speech. See I'olapiik. [Rare.] 
Pasimachus (pa-sim'a-kus), n. [NL. (Bonel- 
li, 1813), < Gr. vat, all, + //djroffai, fight.] A 
genus of ground-bee- 
tles or ca ra bills, hav- 
ing the mandibles 
rounded at the end 
and the paraglossfe 
adherent to the lat- 
eral lobes of the men- 
turn. They are large and 
handsome, bluish-black or 
violet, and occur only In 
North America. They are 
carnivorous, both as larva; 
and as imagos. and the 
former either dig tunnels 
like tiger-beetles or live 
under the bark of trees. 
Among nearly 20 species Is 
P. ttongaliu, which preys 
on the Colorado potato beetle, the Rocky Mountain locust, 
and the army-worm, and Is hence most beneficial. 
Elongate Ground-beetle (fan- 
maehtts eltHfattu). 
