chapter house
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chapter house
noun chapter houses · chapter-house · chapterhouse
- A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place. The cloister, and the chapter-house adjoining to the church, are the finest here of any I have seen in England; the latter is octagon, or eight-square, and is 150 feet in its circumference.
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A building used by a sorority or fraternity as a residence or meeting place.
At the house-party herein represented a murder is done, and the locale of the deed is a chapter house on the pleasant campus at Williamston, Mass.
Similar: Greek house
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noun church building used as a meeting place
| Français | salle capitulaire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kapitelsaal |
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title = {chapter house},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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