noun / adjective
parlor
PAR-ler/ˈpɑrlər/
A room for relaxing or receiving guests.
Visitors sit in armchairs and chat in the welcoming parlor.
Etymology
The older hall or auditorium became a room for conversation, including meetings with monastery visitors. That social function connects the household reception room with a business space for receiving customers.
In context
this room was the parlor it would have been used primarily for your guests
More examples
- She invites her guests into the parlor after dinner.
- He spends quiet afternoons reading in the parlor.
- Older homes often have separate parlors for receiving visitors.
Forms
parlor · parlors
Similar words
- living room
- The usual modern term for a home's everyday gathering room.
- salon
- Usually a grander room used for formal entertaining.