Chapter Parr to Parysatis of P by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Party Person or persons under consideration. “This is the next party, your worship”- i.e. the next case to be examined. “This is the party that stole the things”- the person or persons accused. (French, partie, a person.)

“If an evil spirit trouble any, one must make a smoke ... and the party shall be no more vexed.”- Tobit vi. 7.

Party Spirit The animus or feeling of a party man.

Parvenu' (French). An upstart; one who has risen from the ranks.

Parvis (London). The “place” or court before the main entrance of a cathedral. In the parvis of St. Paul's lawyers used to meet for consultation, as brokers do in exchange. The word is now applied to the room above the church porch. (Paravisus, a Low Latin corruption of paradisus, a church close.)

“A sergeant of lawe, war and wys,
That often haddé ben atté parvys.”
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales (Introduction)

Parviz' [Victorious ]. Surname of Khosru or Chosroes II., the grandson of Khosru the Magnificent. The reigns of Khosru I. and II. were the golden period of Persian history. Parviz' kept 15,000 female musicians, 6,000 household officers, 20,500 saddle-mules, 960 elephants, 200 slaves to scatter perfumes when he went abroad, 1,000 sekabers to water the roads before him, and sat on a pillared throne of almost inconceivable splendour.
   The horse of Chosroes Parviz. Shibdiz, the Persian Bucephalos. (See Horse.)

Parysatis Wife of Darius Nothos. (A corruption of Peri 'Zadcher [fairy bird-of-Paradise], sometimes called Azadcher [bird-of-Paradise].)