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parlatory|ˈpɑːlətərɪ|
[ad. med.L. parlātōrium, It. parlatorio (-toio) parlour, f. parlāre to speak; L. type *parabolātōrium.]
The reception-room or room for conversation in a convent.
1651Howell Venice 185 What he had overheard in a Parlatory of Nunnes. 1768J. Baretti Acc. Mann. Italy II. 12 They were shown into the parlatory. Ibid. 17 Both in the morning and afternoon they are allowed some hours of parlatory, as they call it. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund I. iii. vi. 557 The drawing-rooms of the ladies, or the parlatories of nuns. 1890in Cent. Dict. |