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View synonyms for chapter house
chapter house
noun
- Ecclesiastical. a building attached to or a hall forming part of a cathedral or monastery, used as a meeting place for the chapter.
- a building used by a chapter of a society, fraternity, sorority, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chapter house1
before 1150; Middle English chapitelhus, Old English captelhus
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Example Sentences
Near the south transept, two arches of the vestibule of the chapter-house are still visible.
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The chapter-house, which was built somewhere in the angle formed by the choir and the dormitory, has disappeared entirely.
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The late Mr. Street very carefully restored the fratry in 1880, and it is now used as a chapter-house, library, and choir-school.
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That night the cathedral and the chapter-house witnessed a wild scene of destruction.
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The most perfect of them is the chapter-house, over against which are some immemorial yews.
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