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  • noun Plural form of parietal.

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Examples

  • 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.

    The Brown Daily Herald RSS 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Zephyr Teachout: Political Parietals? 2008

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