chapterhouse

/ ˈtʃæptəˌhaʊs /

noun

1. the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
2. the meeting place of a college fraternity or sorority

Example Sentences

It has 15 official chapterhouses in the US, the biggest of which is based in Michigan.

From BBC

The churches and chapterhouses were neglected, and the refectory and halls were given over to idle talk and tale telling; and God willed that they should lose these things and become poor.

From Project Gutenberg

For the friars of St Augustine in that city he did the chapterhouse, on the vault of which are represented the Apostles holding scrolls containing that part of the Credo which each of them made.

From Project Gutenberg

On this side in later monasteries we invariably find the chapterhouse, the absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising.

From Project Gutenberg

The painting is extant in the chapterhouse, and is a very fair and unrestored specimen of his best style.

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