bouleuterion

[boo-loo-teer-ee-on, bool-yoo-]

noun

plural

bouleuteria 

1. a council chamber in ancient Greece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouleuterion¹

< Greek, equivalent to bouleú ( ein ) to deliberate + -tērion noun suffix of place

Example Sentences

Due to its small size, archaeologists theorized the structure may have been used as an odeon, a small concert venue, or a bouleuterion, an assembly house used by public figures.

From National Geographic

Unlike larger, open-air Roman auditoriums, the amphitheatre was likely meant to be an odeon, for musical performances, or a city council meeting hall known as a bouleuterion, the Israel Antiquites Authority said.

From Reuters

Unlike larger, open-air Roman auditoriums, the amphitheatre was likely meant to be an odeon, for musical performances, or a city council meeting hall known as a bouleuterion, the Israel Antiquites Authority said.

From Reuters

Uziel speculates that the unfinished semi-circular theater may have been intended to serve as a small odeon, a venue for musical or theatric performances, or a bouleuterion, a place of assembly for the colony’s municipal officials.

From Washington Times

This was probably the Bouleuterion.

From Project Gutenberg