parietal

n. [ L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. Pellitory, Parietal. ] (Bot.) Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college. [ 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 ]

3. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the parietes. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]