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A.Word.A.Day--parietal

This week's theme: Words related to teaching, learning, and schools

parietal (puh-RY-i-tl)

noun:
1. Usually plural, regulations governing visiting privileges of the opposite sex in dormitories of a college campus.
2. A wall of a body part or cavity.

adjective:
1. Of or relating to campus regulations regarding dormitory visits.
2. Of or relating to the various walls in the body or related bones.

[From Latin paries (wall).]

"A group of students at Simon's Rock, part of Bard College, is fighting the parietal rules against nonresident students' staying overnight in single-sex freshmen dormitories."
The New York Times; Parietal Rules Under Attack at Special School; Dec 17, 1989.

See more usage examples of parietal in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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