Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR-A-SCENE', or PAR-AS-CE'NI-UM
PAR-A-SCENE', or PAR-AS-CE'NI-UM, n. [Gr. παρα and σκηνη.]
Among the Romans, an apartment on the back part of a theater, used by the actors for robing and unrobing themselves. – Elmes.
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