chapter house

noun

1. Ecclesiastical.,  a building attached to or a hall forming part of a cathedral or monastery, used as a meeting place for the chapter.

2. a building used by a chapter of a society, fraternity, sorority, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chapter house¹

before 1150; Middle English chapitelhus, Old English captelhus

Example Sentences

Until Cowlitz found the Chapter House, he could only dream of these spaces from the past.

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Joey Clift, a Cowlitz comedian and television writer, first discovered the Chapter House in July 2023 through a bolo tie-making workshop, which helped him transform a hand-beaded Garfield medallion, made by Cree beadworker Sweet Grass by Heather, into something he could wear.

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He said the Chapter House reminded him of a bygone era of 1930s Hollywood that he had read about, in which the Indian American Art Shop, located across the street from the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, was the unofficial hang out spot for Native American actors like Jim Thorpe, member of the Sac and Fox Nation, and a gold medalist Olympian turned Western star.

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“But I don’t feel like there are a lot of spaces for native millennials and zoomers. That’s something that really excited me about the Chapter House. It’s for all ages, but it really does feel like it’s on the pulse of the really great artistic gains that native folks are doing now.”

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Burgundy Trejo Phoenix, an Yaqui actress who voices a character named Squash in “Spirit Rangers,” first connected with the Chapter House when it screened the Season 4 finale of the kids show in April.

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