statehouse
[steyt-hous]
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Origin of statehouse
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Contemporary Examples
The GOP also enhanced its hold on the statehouse, which the party took over two years ago.
And in a couple of months, they could all have Republicans in their statehouse.
For generations of journalists, covering the statehouse has been a prestigious beat.
It will get statehouse representatives and state senators writing in and saying what good corporate citizens these companies are.
“It is a little more exciting,” said Joe DiVincenzo, the Essex County Executive in the lobby of the statehouse, prior to speech.
Historical Examples
On the way to the Statehouse in the aircar, I kept wondering just how smart I had been.
Lone Star PlanetHenry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
He went to the statehouse, and to the senate chamber, and asked to see Senator Bryant.
Eighth ReaderJames Baldwin
I hold nothin' against you, but it wasn't any more my fault than the statehouse!
The Magnificent AmbersonsBooth Tarkington
The fourth statehouse, which seems to have been built on the foundations of the third, was destroyed by fire in 1698.
Give Me LibertyThomas J. Wertenbaker
When the Governor realized that resistance would be useless, he ordered the guns to be dismantled, and returned to the statehouse.
Give Me LibertyThomas J. Wertenbaker
Statehouse
- (in the US) the building which houses a state legislature; State capitol
- a building in which public affairs or state ceremonies are conducted
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