noun
Meaning 1
A building where people meet for a purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
meetinghouse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmitɪŋˌhaʊs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A building where a Quaker congregation assembles for worship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conventicle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English meeting Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English meetinghouse From meeting + house.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bislama: nakamal — building where people meet for a purpose
- Esperanto: kunvenejo — building where people meet for a purpose
- Finnish: seurantalo — building where people meet for a purpose
- Finnish: kerhotalo — building where people meet for a purpose
- Macedonian: соборен дом (soboren dom) — building where people meet for a purpose
- Polish: dom spotkań — building where people meet for a purpose
- Raga: qamali — building where people meet for a purpose