A hall, room, or building set apart for speech, conference, etc.; a courthouse; †a monastic parlour.
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > parlour (10) speech-housec1050 A hall, room, or building set apart for speech, conference, etc.; a courthouse; †a monastic parlour. parlour?c1225 A room or place for talking; spec. an apartment in a monastery or (esp. in later use) a convent, in which residents may converse with people from… colloque1482 A place for conversation (in a monastery). locutory1482 A room or place in a monastery or (in later use) a convent, in which residents may converse with people from outside the community or amongst… speak-housec1650 A room, in a convent or monastery, where conversation was permitted or visitors received; the parlour. Obsolete. parlatory1651 The reception room or room for conversation in a convent. Hence also: †conversation (obsolete rare). locutorium1655 = locutory, n. 1. parloir1728 A room in a monastery or convent set aside for conversation with visitors or between the residents; = parlour, n. 1. Also: a visiting room in a… speak-room1756 = speak-house, n. 1. fratry1874 By some modern writers applied (through etymological association with fratry, n.2) as the name of a room in monastic establishments supposed to… |
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