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An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

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  1. n. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
  2. n. gallery where works of art can be displayed
  3. n. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
  4. n. elegant sitting room where guests are received
  5. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, faschionable parties; circles of fashionable society. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).
  6. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in theplural, faschionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
  7. n:100 n. gallery where works of art can be displayed n. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work n. elegant sitting room where guests are received