Usually means: Fine, white porcelain, often figurative.
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  1. Parian: Merriam-Webster
  2. Parian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Parian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Parian: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Parian: Wordnik
  6. Parian: Wiktionary
  7. Parian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Parian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Parian: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Parian: Dictionary.com
  11. Parian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Parian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. parian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Parian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. parian: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. parian: FreeDictionary.org
  17. Parian: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. parian: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Parian)

noun:  (countable) A native or inhabitant of Paros.
noun:  A ceramic ware, a kind of bisque porcelain, supposed to resemble the fine-textured white marble of Paros.
adjective:  Of or relating to the Greek island of Paros; (specifically), designating a type if fine white marble for which the island was renowned in antiquity.
adjective:  Designating or resembling a type of fine white porcelain resembling Parian marble.
adjective:  Alternative form of Parian [Of or relating to the Greek island of Paros; (specifically), designating a type if fine white marble for which the island was renowned in antiquity.]

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