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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1548, 1606
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Parlo(u)r, n.2 [ME. and e.m.E. parlur (Ancr. R.), -our (14th c.), AF. parlur, OF. parleor: cf. Parlour,n.1] a. An apartment in a monastery set aside for conversation. b. ? A room in a house set apart for special occasions or festivals. — 1548 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXIV. 170.
Ane gret wolt within the said abbay [Kilwinning] callit the parlour 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xviii.
The Lord's Kirk is to vs … our Passeouer parlor
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