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meeting house

or meet·ing-house, meet·ing·house

[ mee-ting hous ]
/ ˈmi tɪŋ ˌhaʊs /
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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 1625–35

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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Words related to meeting house

confluence, focus, rendezvous

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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 Māori tribal hall
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