PARLOR
\pˈɑːlə], \pˈɑːlə], \p_ˈɑː_l_ə]\
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The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
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In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
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Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
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The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without.
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In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor.
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Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained.
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