Today's Word "parley"
A conference with regard to a truce
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parley \PAR-lee\ (noun) - A conference or discussion, especially with an enemy, as with regard to a truce or other matters.
"To the Cid who in good time girt brand my greeting do I send, And let us hold the parley when three weeks are at an end." -- Cid, 'The Lay of the Cid'
arley comes from Old French parlée, from parler, "to speak," from Medieval Latin parabolare, from Late Latin parabola, "a proverb, a parable, a similitude," from Greek parabole, "a comparison, a placing beside," from paraballein, "to throw beside, hence to compare," from para-, "beside" + ballein, "to throw."
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