a. [ Pref. bi- + parietal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages;
a. Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856). [ 1913 Webster ]
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