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Reception room

noun

A room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel).

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"Reception room" Quotes from Famous Books

... "In the reception room two great oil paintings occupied the positions of honor. One was that of the Emperor of Austria and the other was that of the Queen of Hungary. In the king's study, on one of the writing tables, there was a portrait of Francis Joseph and in other rooms we also came across ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) • Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

... third morning after Dorothy's arrival, and she was sitting with Ozma and their friends in a reception room, talking over old times, when the ...

— Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz • L. Frank Baum.

... held in the committee room, but that not being large enough to accommodate the crowds that wished to hear the arguments, the use of the Senate reception room was granted for the second, which although very much larger, was packed, with the corridors leading to it, long before the ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

... before and begged off. But they are going to send her up this time. I'll allow her to see you in the reception room." ...

— The One Woman • Thomas Dixon

... the big double studio where she was left to wait puzzled Gillian. All the familiar tapestries and cushions and rare knick-knacks which wontedly converted the further end of it into a charming reception room were gone. The chairs were covered in plain holland, the piano sheeted. But the big easel, standing like a tall cross in the cold north light, was swathed in a dust-sheet. Gillian's heart misgave her. Was she too late? Had ...

— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler

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