Whitehall definition

wīthôl, hwīt-
A wide thoroughfare in London, England, running south from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. Named after Whitehall Palace, the seat of English monarchs from 1529 until its destruction by fire in 1698, Whitehall is noted for its government offices.
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The British civil service.
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(proper, place) Former royal palace in Westminster, London, destroyed by fire (1698)
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(proper) The British government.
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Street in Westminster, south of Trafalgar Square: site of several government offices.
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Origin of whitehall

  • After Whitehall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Whitehall Sentence Examples

  • Bernhardt Schmidt, better known in England as Father Smith, was invited about 1660 to build the organ for the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; two years later he built the organ in Durham Cathedral a' 474.1, difference a whole tone, and practically agreeing with the Cammerton of Praetorius.

  • On the 28th of November Oates accused her of high treason, and the Commons passed an address for her removal and that of all the Roman Catholics from Whitehall.

  • He then snatched the obnoxious bill from the clerk, put it under his cloak, and commanding the doors to be locked went back to Whitehall.

  • This assembly, however, soon showed itself impracticable and incapable, and on the 12th of December the speaker, followed by the more moderate members, marched to Whitehall and returned their powers to Cromwell, while the rest were expelled by the army.

  • On the 25th of lvIarch the Remonstrance, now termed the Petition and Advice, and including a new scheme of government, was passed by a majority of 123 to 62 in spite of the opposition of the officers; and on the 31st it was presented to Cromwell in the Banqueting House at Whitehall whence Charles I.

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