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 this side in later monasteries we invariably find the chapterhouse, the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
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 painting is extant in the chapterhouse, and is a very fair and unrestored specimen of his best style.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Kendrick, Flora
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
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