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guildhall

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ɡɪldhɔːl/
  • CMU ARPABET: G IH1 L D HH AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A small town, the shire town of Essex County, Vermont, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

The administrative centre of the City of London corporation.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A town hall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the hall of a guild or corporation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: hall

Narrower terms: gildhall

History

Etymology

From guild + hall.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kiltatalo — assembly hall for a guild
  • Latin: gildhalla — assembly hall for a guild
  • Latin: gialda — assembly hall for a guild
  • Latin: gialla — assembly hall for a guild
  • Ottoman Turkish: لونجه (lonca) — assembly hall for a guild