chapterhouse
Britishnoun
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the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
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the meeting place of a college fraternity or sorority
Example Sentences
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On one side of the cloisters, and contiguous to the main body of the cathedral, stands the chapterhouse.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
We have been round three sides of the cloister: on the north the church; on the east the chapterhouse and dormitory; on the south the refectory.
From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus
The Augustinian monastery was founded in 1123 by Alexander I. The buildings are well preserved, consisting of a low square tower, church, cloisters, refectory and small chapterhouse.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The reverend Hugh C. Love walked from the old chapterhouse of saint Mary's abbey past James and Charles Kennedy's, rectifiers, attended by Geraldines tall and personable, towards the Tholsel beyond the ford of hurdles.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
For the friars of St Augustine in that city he did the chapterhouse, on the vault of which are represented the Apostles holding scrolls containing that part of the Credo which each of them made.
From The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8) by Vasari, Giorgio
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