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city chambers

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noun

  1. (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lisa has already taken her campaign into Edinburgh's city chambers, where she won a standing ovation from councillors.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

She told police she last spoke to her husband on the phone that day when he was near the city chambers.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

Between the various midsize city chambers of commerce and film festivals, is there any behemoth aviation corporation that stands out to you?

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2023

In Edinburgh, the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, laid a wreath at a ceremony at the Stone of Remembrance outside the city chambers, after 11 rounds were fired from Edinburgh Castle.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2018

Although he had never been in the agricultural interest before he became Squire, even while in city chambers theoretical farming had been his pet study, and he made no secret of it to his fellow-men.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

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