meeting house
or meet·ing-house, meet·ing·house
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.
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How to use meeting house in a sentence
American and British physicians worked side by side in the meeting house to treat the wounded.
Developer proposes storage building near War of 1812 field hospital site | Taylor DeVille | September 29, 2021 | Washington PostGrowing up, his home doubled as a meeting house for precinct captains.
They met at the Quaker meeting house, where their attorney was a member.
We had some trouble in finding Jordans, the little meeting-house near which is the grave of the Quaker philanthropist.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyDirectly at the foot of a steep hill we came upon the meeting-house, nestling in a wooded valley.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
All around the meeting-house is a forest of great trees, and no other building is in the immediate vicinity.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyI seemed to be standing in a meeting-house; the service was ended and nearly every one had gone home.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumA building located somewhere between Everton-gardens and Spring-gardens was first used as a meeting-house by them.
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British Dictionary definitions for meeting house
the place in which certain religious groups, esp Quakers, hold their meetings for worship
Also called: wharepuni NZ a large Māori tribal hall
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