picture palace
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picture palace
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From the romantically decorated, palacelike façades and interiors of the theaters.
noun picture palaces
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An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally as constructed from 1910 to 1950.
After tea, the bright boys wash, clean their boots, and change into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth, either to a picture palace or to the second house of the Balham Hippodrome; […]
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Talk about this word "picture palace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picture%20palace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. picture palace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/picture%20palace "picture palace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/picture%20palace.Cite this
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title = {picture palace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picture%20palace},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
