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chapter house

noun as in cloister

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Near the south transept, two arches of the vestibule of the chapter-house are still visible.

The chapter-house, which was built somewhere in the angle formed by the choir and the dormitory, has disappeared entirely.

The late Mr. Street very carefully restored the fratry in 1880, and it is now used as a chapter-house, library, and choir-school.

That night the cathedral and the chapter-house witnessed a wild scene of destruction.

The most perfect of them is the chapter-house, over against which are some immemorial yews.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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