pianoforte

[Ital. piano soft, and forte =strong, loud; so called from its producing both soft and loud effects.] ment what is played. pianoforte, inscribes on prepared paper or parch- pi-ar-he-mi-a, s. [Gr. piar =fat, and haima = Pathol.: Fatty blood. blood.] Pi-ar-Ist, s . [For etym. see def.] Church History ( pl .): The regular clerks of the Scuole Pie (religious schools), founded at Rome by St. Joseph Calasanctius, toward the end of the sixteenth century, for the work of secondary education. They were sanctioned by Paul V., in 1617, as a congregation with simple vows, and became a religious order in 1621, under Gregory XV. "The Piarists appear to have never entered France or Great Britain, or any country outside the limits of Europe." Addis & Arnold : Cath. Dict ., p. 661. pi-as-sa-ba, pi-as-sa-va, pi-ăç-a-ba, subst. [Port. piaçaba .] A stout woody fiber obtained from the stalk of Attalea funifera , a native of Para pia aba : A finer fiber, obtained from the stem of Leopoldinia pia aba . Bahia, .