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noun

a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.

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Origin of town hall

First recorded in 1475–85

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How to use town hall in a sentence

At least that is what he told a second-grader at a townhall last February.
Turns Out Chris Christie Hated Traffic on the George Washington Bridge, Too|David Freedlander|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wouldn't be surprised if you grew up to be a mind reader, like that feller in the show we went to at the townhall a spell ago.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
The two friends had reached the crest of the long slope leading up from the townhall.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
And he went thus as far as the Townhall, so as to assemble there the burgomasters and the sheriffs.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)|Charles de Coster

Middelburg is a good town; it has a very beautiful Townhall with a fine tower.
Albert Durer|T. Sturge Moore
They disarmed isolated sentinels and National Guardsmen in the streets on their way to the Townhall.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for town hall

town hall

noun

the chief building in which municipal business is transacted, often with a hall for public meetings

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