guildhall

See also: guild-hall and Guildhall

English

Alternative forms

• gildhall (dated)

Etymology

From guild +‎ hall.

Noun

guildhall (plural guildhalls)

1. A hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles.
2. (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.