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Parlour (A)

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The reception room in a religious house where the religious see their friends. (French, parlour.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Parizade
Parkership
Parks
Parlance
Parlement (French)
Parliament
Parliament Soldiers
Parliament of Bats (The)
Parliament of Dunces
Parliamentarian (A)
Parlour (A)
Parlous
Parmenianists
Parmesan
Parnassos (Greek), Parnassus (Latin)
Parochial
Parody
Parole (French)
Parolles
Parr
Parricide