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- noun Plural form of
parietal .
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Examples
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Around that time, the same SDS chapter demonstrated against "parietals," the rules on times when female undergrads had to return to their dormitories at night or face disciplinary charges.
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The strictures were not imposed only on women; Harvard had instituted parietals by 1770, after a student — distinguished by the overweening ambition and ample pocket money of his kind — entertained not one but two prostitutes in his dorm room.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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Both of these entities, the porch and the switchboard, were relics of the days when the university had observed parietals, the rules by which a college dormitory monitors the comings and goings of its students.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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To an extent, the history of higher education for American women can be traced through the gradual erosion of parietals.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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To an extent, the history of higher education for American women can be traced through the gradual erosion of parietals.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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Both of these entities, the porch and the switchboard, were relics of the days when the university had observed parietals, the rules by which a college dormitory monitors the comings and goings of its students.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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The strictures were not imposed only on women; Harvard had instituted parietals by 1770, after a student — distinguished by the overweening ambition and ample pocket money of his kind — entertained not one but two prostitutes in his dorm room.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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To an extent, the history of higher education for American women can be traced through the gradual erosion of parietals.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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Both of these entities, the porch and the switchboard, were relics of the days when the university had observed parietals, the rules by which a college dormitory monitors the comings and goings of its students.
The Age of Innocence 2007
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By blending them, the New York Times is coming down strongly on the side of political parietals: If you are an older man, in a position of power, don't have close relationships with younger women.
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