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meeting house
or meet·ing-house, meet·ing·house
[ mee-ting hous ]
/ Ëmi tÉȘĆ ËhaÊs /
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noun
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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Origin of meeting house
First recorded in 1625â35
Words nearby meeting house
meerschaum, Meerut, meet, meet and greet, meeting, meeting house, meeting of the minds, meeting post, meeting rail, meetly, meet one's match
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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 MÄori tribal hall
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