Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In England, in medieval times, and as revived in the present century, a parish building used for various purposes of business or entertainment.
- noun A building in which to rest, keep warm, eat lunch, etc., between the services of the church on Sunday; a Sabbath-day house.
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Examples
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“Something based on fact and not church-house rumors.”
The Pastor’s Wife ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2007
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“Something based on fact and not church-house rumors.”
The Pastor’s Wife ReShonda Tate Billingsley 2007
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In 1779, the first "church-house" was erected, and Rev. Tidence Lane became the "first settled minister beyond the Alleghenies."
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 10, October, 1888 Various
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Aw, why don't you wimmen cut dat out in de church-house!
De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston
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And if you want to see a genuine democracy, untainted by any kind of aristocracy, you could not find it better illustrated than among the hills, at meeting time, in some log "church-house."
The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 6, June, 1896 Various
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He came again the next day or the day after to ask if his child could be baptized, and also to ask if he might preach on Saturday afternoon at the church-house, as there were several of the boys who wanted to hear how he could do it.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow
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Down roun 'that old church-house, with them handsome young ladies,
St. James Hospital 1934
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He had had an engagement to help sweep out the "church-house," and had been permitted to go down an hour early.
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Having been raised sixty mile 'from a school-house or church-house, I hain't got learning myself, though if there'd' a 'been any flitting around I'd' a 'had it or died, such is my ambition.
Hard-Hearted Barbary Allen. A Kentucky Mountain Sketch. 1912
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The church and church-house stand in the valley of the Proni Thaat.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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