chapter house
Americannoun
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Ecclesiastical. a building attached to or a hall forming part of a cathedral or monastery, used as a meeting place for the chapter.
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a building used by a chapter of a society, fraternity, sorority, etc.
Etymology
Origin of chapter house
before 1150; Middle English chapitelhus, Old English captelhus
Example Sentences
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Bids are announced the following day, via email, at which point newly accepted members will visit their chapter house later in the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
I went to my local chapter house, and I registered with the Navajo Nation there.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2019
The new building has been designed to both "harmonise and sympathise" with both the 1077 abbey and the chapter house and Mr De Silva said the outside "carefully blends" with the original.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2019
Along it is the entry to the 13th century octagonal chapter house, where monks prayed and the predecessor to Parliament met in the 1300s.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
I sit beside Isabel in the chapter house, listening to the daily reading of the monastic rule.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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