0 (especially in descriptions of houses for sale) a room in a house where people can sit together:
Each contains two bedrooms, one reception room, a kitchen and a bathroom; and each has a separate entrance.
In other words, when he goes from his headquarters to the reception room and back he has walked for over a mile.
Accommodation with one room to serve as bedroom and reception room and a small bathrom is not good enough.
Behind the living room is a reception room connected to the porte cochere, and off this room or foyer is a half-bath.
The original portion contains a hall flanked by parlor and reception room, with two bedrooms behind the parlor.
They have a kitchenette, reception room and (usually in the attic) a couple of bedrooms.
The floor, panels and large chairs of the reception room are original.
This allowed more light to permeate the lower floors from the glazed lantern roof, and hence turn the hallway into a reception room.
