chapter-house
(ˈtʃæptəhaʊs)
For forms see chapter n.; also 2 captelhus, 4 chapitel-hous, chapitele-house (cf. capitle, chapitle).
A building attached to a cathedral, monastery, etc., in which meetings of the chapter are held.
| a 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 1116 Baernde eall þæt mynstre of Burh, and eallæ þa husas butan se Captelhus and se Slæpperne. 1377 Langl. P. Pl B. v. 174 If I telle any tales..am chalanged in þe chapitelhous. c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 199 Þanne was þe chaptire-hous wrouȝt as a greet chirche. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 65 Redynge in..the chapyter hous at collacyon. 1605 Camden Rem. 25 The Chapiter house of Yorke Minster. 1724 Lond. Gaz. No. 6290/1 The three Officers of the Order went into the Chapter-House. 1875 Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xix. 296 The election took place in the chapter-house of the cathedral. |