house place

noun

1. (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house place¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

When he entered the house-place, she was sitting before the fire, looking into its embers.

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Susan took her by the arm, and, without speaking, went into the house-place.

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They passed quickly through the house-place, upstairs, and into the quiet presence of the dead.

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Over this vision a shadow came, and I saw the house-place at the Hanyards, with our widowed Kate alone in her sorrow.

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It was very late when he returned home, but he knew by the light in the house-place that Janet was waiting up for him.

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