guildhall
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noun
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the hall of a guild or corporation
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a town hall
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Also: gildhall. the meeting place of a medieval guild
Etymology
Origin of guildhall
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gegyld healle; see guild, hall
Example Sentences
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The guildhall, built in 1420, was named after a religious foundation - the Guild of the Holy Cross.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2016
Prof Mulryne says the school and guildhall help to put Shakespeare's background into its actual historical setting.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2016
The schoolroom where Shakespeare studied from the age of seven was the upper floor of the town's half-timbered medieval guildhall.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2016
You push open a heavy wooden door marked only by the letter Q, as if you're entering a Freemason's lodge or a 19th century guildhall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2015
She’d been keeping an eye on them in a pavilion of the guildhall as they took shape in stages, day by day, until finally becoming the crafts she had seen in the faranji couple’s dreams.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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