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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It has 15 official chapterhouses in the US, the biggest of which is based in Michigan.
From BBC
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 Project Gutenberg
On this side in later monasteries we invariably find the chapterhouse, the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising.
From Project Gutenberg
The painting is extant in the chapterhouse, and is a very fair and unrestored specimen of his best style.
From Project Gutenberg
On one side of the cloisters, and contiguous to the main body of the cathedral, stands the chapterhouse.
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