Sentence examples for classic parlance from inspiring English sources

But when her headaches begin interfering with convent duties, Sister John's mother superior sends her to a doctor -- a creature of modernity who gives her the worst possible news: she has temporal-lobe epilepsy or, in the classic parlance of clergy, "holy madness".

In classic New York political parlance, Ferrer is a "regular".

He is, in classical-music parlance, the "presenter".

As for the rest of Obama's oil plan, it is (in Texas parlance) a classic case of all hat, no cattle.

For a starter, check out this sensational attempt at transmuting Robert Miles' dreamhouse classic "Children" into Playstation parlance.

In broker's parlance, the apartment is a classic six, with a living room, a dining room, two bedrooms, and what's known as a maid's room — a small bedroom off the kitchen.

In a classic Platonic sense, this constitutes the work (in more fashionable parlance, "the text").

I heard so much bad music, but almost never got exposed to the actually good rock music that came out of the classic rock era -- the Stooges, the Modern Lovers, the Velvet Underground, Big Star and, to use K-Tel parlance, many more.

In their parlance: freedom.

In taxonomic parlance, V.

RR : Common parlance.