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
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 Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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 James Joyce
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 painting is extant in the chapterhouse, and is a very fair and unrestored specimen of his best style.
From Fra Bartolommeo by Flora Kendrick
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