meeting house

Or meet·ing-house,

[mee-ting hous]

noun

1. a house or other building for communal gathering, especially a place of Protestant worship. Common in Colonial America for both public business and religious worship, a meeting house today is usually a place of worship for Quakers, Mennonites, Mormons, or certain other nonconformist denominations.

meeting house

noun

1. the place in which certain religious groups, esp Quakers, hold their meetings for worship

2. Also called: wharepuni. a large Māori tribal hall

Word History and Origins

Origin of meeting house¹

First recorded in 1625–35

Related Words

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