guildhall

See also: guild-hall and Guildhall

English

Alternative forms

gildhall (dated)

Etymology

guild +‎ hall

Noun

guildhall (plural guildhalls)

A hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles.
(obsolete) A town hall.

Synonyms

(headquarters of a town guild): hanse, hanse-house (merchant guilds)

Translations

assembly hall for a guild

Finnish: kiltatalo
Latin: gildhalla, gialda, gialla
Ottoman Turkish: لونجه (lonca)

town hall — see town hall

References

“guildhall”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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