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Definition of Chapterhouse
1. Noun. A building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter.
2. Noun. A house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity.
Definition of Chapterhouse
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chapter house) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chapterhouse
Literary usage of Chapterhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"а little thin Ph.e of Silver or Iron, at the Point of a Sc:ib'jard. Church.
chapterhouse, [Centre, Г.] CHAPE, ..."
2. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1903)
"The apartment to which the commons Their place usually withdrew was the chapterhouse
of Westminster Abbey" ; «on. The longest recorded sermon is that of ..."
3. The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook (1901)
"with the free and independent chapterhouse. In great perplexity were both the
canons and the town officials, upon whom commands, no less imperative, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"We have considered the Chapter-house to be deserving of the like attention, from
its great similarity to the remains of the chapterhouse at Rochester. ..."
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