ranks (prasid, "a square plot of ground," "a garden-bed"): "They sat down in ranks" (Mk 6:40); the several reclining ranks formed, as it were, separate plots or "garden-beds."
Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'RANKS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.