单词 | parlatory |
释义 | parlatoryn. Now rare. The reception room or room for conversation in a convent. Hence also: †conversation (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > parlour speech-housec1050 parlour?c1225 colloque1482 locutory1482 speak-housec1650 parlatory1651 locutorium1655 parloir1728 speak-room1756 fratry1874 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 183 What he had overheard in a Parlatory of Nunnes. 1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. 12 They were shown into the parlatory. 1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. 17 Both in the morning and afternoon they are allowed some hours of parlatory, as they call it. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. iii. vi. 557 The drawing-rooms of the ladies, or the parlatories of nuns. 1890 in Cent. Dict. Parlatory, the parlor or strangers' room of a convent or monastery. 2001 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Arts & Culture section) f6 Since her arrival at the convent seven years before, she has had no news of the outside world. Angelica is ushered to the parlatory and told that a visitor has arrived wishing to speak to her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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