parlance

noun par·lance \ˈpär-lən(t)s\

: language used by a particular group of people

Full Definition of PARLANCE

: speech; especially : formal debate or parley

: manner or mode of speech : idiom

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Middle French, from Old French, from parler

First Known Use: 1577

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