Parlance (noun)
pah-lans
A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
Late 16th century (denoting speech or debate): from Old French, from parler ‘speak’, from Latin parabola ‘comparison’ (in late Latin ‘speech’).
Example sentences
“The fact that those terms were common parlance back then is problematic.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
