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CHAPTERHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chapterhouse mean? 

CHAPTERHOUSE (noun)
  The noun CHAPTERHOUSE has 2 senses:

1. a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapterplay

2. a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternityplay

  Familiarity information: CHAPTERHOUSE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHAPTERHOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chapterhouse" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chapterhouse; frat house; fraternity house

Hypernyms ("chapterhouse" is a kind of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)


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