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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Examples from the Web for meeting-house

And he killed ten wolves and nailed their heads to the meeting-house.
The Green Door|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"A Christian meeting-house," replied Andreas, and his expressive face darkened.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete|Georg Ebers
In the village near which this aunt lived there was no place of worship except the Methodist meeting-house.
The Grimk Sisters|Catherine H. Birney
The "Old Kennet" meeting-house and its graveyard walls gave them another and yet more favorable ambush.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.|Various

On Monday afternoon the children were rehearsing their songs at the meeting-house.
New Chronicles of Rebecca|Kate Douglas Wiggin

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