"chapter house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chapter houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chapter house (plural chapter houses)
  1. A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place.
    Sense id: en-chapter_house-en-noun-gu-Plsvi
  2. A building used by a sorority or fraternity as a residence or meeting place. Synonyms: chapter-house, chapterhouse Synonyms (building used by a sorority or fraternity): Greek house Hypernyms: house
    Sense id: en-chapter_house-en-noun-iVN6LWHC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'building used by a sorority or fraternity': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (church building used as a meeting place): kapittelzaal [feminine] (Dutch), salle capitulaire [feminine] (French), Kapitelsaal [masculine] (German), capitolhūs [neuter] (Old English)
Disambiguation of 'church building used as a meeting place': 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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