Meetinghouse meaning

mē'tĭng-hous'
A building used for public meetings and especially for Protestant or Quaker religious services.
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A building used for public meetings, esp. for worship, as by Friends, or Quakers.
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A building where people meet for a purpose.
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A building where a Quaker congregation assembles for worship.
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Origin of meetinghouse

Meetinghouse Sentence Examples

  • The meetinghouse which he had built for himself in Oxendon Street was closed against him after he had preached there but once.

  • In the spirit of this utterance, steps were taken within a few days by the new prelate to suppress the assemblies of the Arians; these, by a bold stroke of policy, anticipated his action by themselves setting fire to their meetinghouse, Nestorius being forthwith nicknamed "the incendiary."

  • Present day Lurgan still has an active Quaker community that gathers regularly in a newly built meetinghouse.

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