[pahr-ler] 
| 1. | Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room. |
| 2. | a room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions: funeral parlor; beauty parlor. |
| 3. | a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge. |
| 4. | Also called locutorium. a room in a monastery or the like where the inhabitants may converse with visitors or with each other. |
| 5. | advocating something, as a political view or doctrine, at a safe remove from actual involvement in or commitment to action: parlor leftism; parlor pink. |
| par·lor (pär'lər) n.
[Middle English parlur, from Old French, from parler, to talk; see parley.] |
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