1. parts - Noun
2. parts - Verb
the local environment
Source: WordNetThe whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Aristotle
Christ, invisible to the bodily eye, manifests Himself on earth clearly through His Church ... The Church is the Body of Christ both because its parts are united to Christ through His divine mysteries and because through her Christ works in the world. John of Shanghai and San Francisco
For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. Athanasius of Alexandria
He's no fool who parts with what he can't keep to get what he shall not lose. American Proverb
Wisdom consists of ten parts -- nine parts of silence and one part with few words. Arabic Proverb
He who meddles in others people's affairs will be left with two of three parts. Italian Proverb