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(dated outside Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
A Greek Revival parlour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.
The Parlor of the Nuns at San Zaccaria, by Francesco Guardi, 1745-50
(dated outside Mid-Atlantic US) The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room.
Makart-style parlour, by Georg Janny