parloir

On the ground-floor, with entrance from the beach, is a large hall with groined roof, said by some to have been a chapel, and by others a bakery, but most likely a “parloir” or reception-room.

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

Originally a room in a religious house, a parlour (or parloir) became a place of reception or entertainment.

American Sketches 1908 Charles Whibley 1894

We were ushered into a beautifully clean, bare, whitewashed parloir, with a highly polished floor redolent of beeswax.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

There would be hard benches running round the parloir, raised on a platform, much after the fashion of raised benches in a billiard-room.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

W'ere he is go couché right off, an 'dey go on parloir.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Various 1887

But boy an 'girl come all de sam an' pass on grande parloir

The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond 1880

W'ere he is go couchè right off, an 'dey go on parloir.

The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond 1880

The sisters have a school for the hardy little Baussenques, whom I heard piping their lessons while I waited in the cold _parloir_ for one of the ladies to come and speak to me.

A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879

She felt as though she had not energy enough to leave the college between the recreation hours, so she waited in the _parloir_ while the classes were going on until Poulet could come to her again.

The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant 1871

Parloir street, well leavened with lawyers, leads to the _parloir_ of the Ursulines.

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868