01 a. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
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Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
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Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.“At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.” — B. H. Hall (1856).
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Of or pertaining to the parietes.(Anat.)
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Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.(Bot.)