meeting house

or meet·ing·house

noun

a house or building for religious worship.
a house of worship for Quakers.

Origin of meeting house

First recorded in 1625–35

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Historical Examples of meeting-house

It was Sunday, and he had strolled into a church or meeting-house—does it matter which?
Weighed and Wanting
George MacDonald
The stocks and the whipping-post stood by the side of the meeting-house.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
The meeting-house was filled long before the services did begin.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Like the school-house and meeting-house, it has become glorified by our men of letters.
The American Mind
Bliss Perry
The meeting-house and most of the dwelling-houses were burned.
King Philip
John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for meeting-house

meeting house

noun

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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Word Origin and History for meeting-house

also meetinghouse, 1630s, from meeting (n.) + house (n.).