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house place
noun
- (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of house place1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences
When he entered the house-place, she was sitting before the fire, looking into its embers.
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Susan took her by the arm, and, without speaking, went into the house-place.
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They passed quickly through the house-place, upstairs, and into the quiet presence of the dead.
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Over this vision a shadow came, and I saw the house-place at the Hanyards, with our widowed Kate alone in her sorrow.
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It was very late when he returned home, but he knew by the light in the house-place that Janet was waiting up for him.
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