meeting housen.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtɪŋ haʊs/, U.S.

/ˈmidɪŋ ˌ(h)aʊs/

Forms: see meeting n. and house n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meeting n., house n.¹ and int.

Etymology: < meeting n. + house n.¹ and int.

1. Christian Church. A house or other building in which religious meetings (esp. of Nonconformists) are held; a chapel. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.From the 17th cent. in Britain, used of Nonconformist or Dissenting places of worship, and now chiefly of those of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers); but in North America used (now chiefly historical) of places of worship more generally.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist

conventicle?1550

meeting-place1589

meeting1593

meeting house1632

chapel1662

pantile1714

tabernacle1768

gospel-shop?1782

schism-shop1801

bethel1840

schism-house1843

Ebenezer1849

Bethesda1857

Salem1857

praise house1862

1632 Rec. Cambridge, Mass. (1901) 4 Every person..shall [be]..within [the] meeting-house in the Afternoone.

1636 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 41 There to build a meeting howse and towne.

1682 Loyal London Mercury 16 Aug. 2/2 On Wednesday last that sort of Dissenters called Quakers..assembled, at their great Meeting house near Grace-Church-Street, William Pen..took his solemn leave.

1728 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 250 Demolish or pull down any Church, Chappel, or any Meeting-House for Religious Worship.

1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 10 Apr. It [sc. a deed] everywhere calls the house a Meeting-House, a name which I particularly object to.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xii. 132 Two meeting-houses, one belonging to quakers, and the other to baptists.

1847 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vii. 207 Last evening I deluded them into a Methody meeting-house.

1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 140 The brick meeting-houses in which they [sc. the villages] abounded.

1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 62 The Mill Row meeting-house.

1959 Amer. Speech 34 9 Around the turn of the nineteenth century, Baptists,..and others began dropping the term meetinghouse and replacing it with church.

1995 J. Banville Athena 115 Beyond that there was a large, stately building, a church or meeting-house or something, foursquare and imposing.

2. More generally: any building used for a meeting or meetings.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house used for other specific purpose

mourning house1535

pleasure house1590

meeting house1656

molly-house1728

noon-house1845

maneaba1944

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Dome A Town-House, Guild-Hall, a State-House, Meeting-house in a city.

1658 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 256 They had entertain'd him with most excellent musick at the meeting house of William Ellis.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 259 The next thing of Moment, was an attempt at a Gentlewoman's gold Watch, it happen'd in a Crowd, at a Meeting-House.

1856 J. H. Newman Callista ii. 15 A flourishing meeting-house of Tertullianists.

1958 Listener 11 Sept. 368/2 Where the people themselves want a new amenity—a school, a meeting house, a road to link up with the outside world, [etc.].

1994 Canad. Geographic July 42/1 The meeting-house and skating rink..at the physical centre of the village, is modelled after a traditional Cree dwelling, or ‘saptuan.’

3. In Polynesian (esp. Maori) communities: a large central building where tribal assemblies take place and guests are accommodated.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house

common hall?1473

assembly house1502

sedge1615

ambalama1807

meeting house1836

conference centre1958

1836 L. Andrews Vocab. Words in Hawaiian Lang. 37/1 Ha-le-ha-la-wai, s. hale and halawai; a meeting house, synagogue.

1897 A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) ii. 112 Whare-matoro, a large meeting house.

1944 D. Stewart in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 267 The young Maori..led me over to the meeting-house, a long, low, gusty barn of a building.

1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iii. iv. 374 The meeting houses formed the social focus of the tribe, hence they were generally named after tribal ancestors.

1960 N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 239 There I go walking into the meeting-house with my shoes on.

1984 L. D. Edmond High Country Weather 28 Louise had several times passed the scattering of houses and sheds that clustered round the meeting house and the open space in front of it.

Compounds

C1.

† meeting-house chamber n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1651 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 200 The above mentioned bargain about the meeting house chamber.

1760 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) vii. 111 The next morning we met in the meeting house chamber.

meeting-house door n.

ΚΠ

1712 in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) viii. 187 For ane new kie and a new Spring and Staple to the locke of the meeting-house doore seven pence.

1996 R. Neich in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture iv. 104 Such carvings as..meeting house door lintels articulate the symbolic structure of these thresholds and warn people to treat them with respect.

† meeting-house ground n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1689 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 286 Paid 40 £..for the Releases of Meetinghouse Ground.

† meeting-house land n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1690 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 334 Mrs. Judith Winthrop's Deed of the Meeting-house Land in Boston.

† meeting-house lot n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1735 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1914) II. 523 I give to my son..a lot of land lying in the Meeting house lot.

† meeting-house post n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1647 in Watertown (Mass.) Rec. (1894) I. 11 A wrighting shall be sett upon the meting-house-post, to give Warning [etc.].

† meeting-house rate n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1656 Watertown (Mass.) Rec. (1894) I. 48 2ly [that] ye give acompt of the meeting howse rate.

meeting-house window n.

ΚΠ

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 234 The meeting-house windows being open, my meditations were interrupted by the noise of a preacher.

1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 55/2 I had a new bonnet, and there were three new babies in the robin's nest outside the meeting house window.

meeting-house yard n.

ΚΠ

1712 in A. S. Batchellor et al. Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1907) I. 687 Northerly on the fence by the metinge house yard.

1844 Knickerbocker 23 404 Having no house for assembling together, the inhabitants met in what they termed ‘the meeting-house yard’.

C2.

† meeting-house man n. Obsolete a Nonconformist or Dissenter.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [noun] > person

recusant1581

disagreer1605

unconformitant1605

nonconformist1618

non-conformer1622

nonconformitan1622

nonconformitantc1630

inconformist1633

dissenter1639

unconformist1640

fanatic1644

non-conformant1654

withdrawer1677

non-consenter1680

non-con1681

meeting-house man1711

shit-sack1769

dissident1790

meetinger1802

chapel-goer1842

speckle-belly1874

1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 22 These were not Meeting-House-Men in whose Favours the Councel thus Wrote,..but some of 'em Parsons, some Vicars, some Curats, &c.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meeting house
释义	meeting housen. Brit. /ˈmiːtɪŋ haʊs/, U.S. /ˈmidɪŋ ˌ(h)aʊs/ Forms: see meeting n. and house n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meeting n., house n.¹ and int. Etymology: < meeting n. + house n.¹ and int. 1. Christian Church. A house or other building in which religious meetings (esp. of Nonconformists) are held; a chapel. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.From the 17th cent. in Britain, used of Nonconformist or Dissenting places of worship, and now chiefly of those of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers); but in North America used (now chiefly historical) of places of worship more generally. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist conventicle?1550 meeting-place1589 meeting1593 meeting house1632 chapel1662 pantile1714 tabernacle1768 gospel-shop?1782 schism-shop1801 bethel1840 schism-house1843 Ebenezer1849 Bethesda1857 Salem1857 praise house1862 1632 Rec. Cambridge, Mass. (1901) 4 Every person..shall [be]..within [the] meeting-house in the Afternoone. 1636 in New Plymouth Colony Rec. (1855) I. 41 There to build a meeting howse and towne. 1682 Loyal London Mercury 16 Aug. 2/2 On Wednesday last that sort of Dissenters called Quakers..assembled, at their great Meeting house near Grace-Church-Street, William Pen..took his solemn leave. 1728 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 250 Demolish or pull down any Church, Chappel, or any Meeting-House for Religious Worship. 1766 J. Wesley Jrnl. 10 Apr. It [sc. a deed] everywhere calls the house a Meeting-House, a name which I particularly object to. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. xii. 132 Two meeting-houses, one belonging to quakers, and the other to baptists. 1847 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vii. 207 Last evening I deluded them into a Methody meeting-house. 1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 140 The brick meeting-houses in which they [sc. the villages] abounded. 1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 62 The Mill Row meeting-house. 1959 Amer. Speech 34 9 Around the turn of the nineteenth century, Baptists,..and others began dropping the term meetinghouse and replacing it with church. 1995 J. Banville Athena 115 Beyond that there was a large, stately building, a church or meeting-house or something, foursquare and imposing. 2. More generally: any building used for a meeting or meetings. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house used for other specific purpose mourning house1535 pleasure house1590 meeting house1656 molly-house1728 noon-house1845 maneaba1944 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Dome A Town-House, Guild-Hall, a State-House, Meeting-house in a city. 1658 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 256 They had entertain'd him with most excellent musick at the meeting house of William Ellis. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 259 The next thing of Moment, was an attempt at a Gentlewoman's gold Watch, it happen'd in a Crowd, at a Meeting-House. 1856 J. H. Newman Callista ii. 15 A flourishing meeting-house of Tertullianists. 1958 Listener 11 Sept. 368/2 Where the people themselves want a new amenity—a school, a meeting house, a road to link up with the outside world, [etc.]. 1994 Canad. Geographic July 42/1 The meeting-house and skating rink..at the physical centre of the village, is modelled after a traditional Cree dwelling, or ‘saptuan.’ 3. In Polynesian (esp. Maori) communities: a large central building where tribal assemblies take place and guests are accommodated. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house common hall?1473 assembly house1502 sedge1615 ambalama1807 meeting house1836 conference centre1958 1836 L. Andrews Vocab. Words in Hawaiian Lang. 37/1 Ha-le-ha-la-wai, s. hale and halawai; a meeting house, synagogue. 1897 A. Hamilton Maori Art (1901) ii. 112 Whare-matoro, a large meeting house. 1944 D. Stewart in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 267 The young Maori..led me over to the meeting-house, a long, low, gusty barn of a building. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) iii. iv. 374 The meeting houses formed the social focus of the tribe, hence they were generally named after tribal ancestors. 1960 N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 239 There I go walking into the meeting-house with my shoes on. 1984 L. D. Edmond High Country Weather 28 Louise had several times passed the scattering of houses and sheds that clustered round the meeting house and the open space in front of it. Compounds C1. † meeting-house chamber n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1651 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 200 The above mentioned bargain about the meeting house chamber. 1760 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) vii. 111 The next morning we met in the meeting house chamber. meeting-house door n. ΚΠ 1712 in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) viii. 187 For ane new kie and a new Spring and Staple to the locke of the meeting-house doore seven pence. 1996 R. Neich in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture iv. 104 Such carvings as..meeting house door lintels articulate the symbolic structure of these thresholds and warn people to treat them with respect. † meeting-house ground n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1689 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 286 Paid 40 £..for the Releases of Meetinghouse Ground. † meeting-house land n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1690 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 334 Mrs. Judith Winthrop's Deed of the Meeting-house Land in Boston. † meeting-house lot n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1735 in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1914) II. 523 I give to my son..a lot of land lying in the Meeting house lot. † meeting-house post n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1647 in Watertown (Mass.) Rec. (1894) I. 11 A wrighting shall be sett upon the meting-house-post, to give Warning [etc.]. † meeting-house rate n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1656 Watertown (Mass.) Rec. (1894) I. 48 2ly [that] ye give acompt of the meeting howse rate. meeting-house window n. ΚΠ a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 234 The meeting-house windows being open, my meditations were interrupted by the noise of a preacher. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 55/2 I had a new bonnet, and there were three new babies in the robin's nest outside the meeting house window. meeting-house yard n. ΚΠ 1712 in A. S. Batchellor et al. Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1907) I. 687 Northerly on the fence by the metinge house yard. 1844 Knickerbocker 23 404 Having no house for assembling together, the inhabitants met in what they termed ‘the meeting-house yard’. C2. † meeting-house man n. Obsolete a Nonconformist or Dissenter. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [noun] > person recusant1581 disagreer1605 unconformitant1605 nonconformist1618 non-conformer1622 nonconformitan1622 nonconformitantc1630 inconformist1633 dissenter1639 unconformist1640 fanatic1644 non-conformant1654 withdrawer1677 non-consenter1680 non-con1681 meeting-house man1711 shit-sack1769 dissident1790 meetinger1802 chapel-goer1842 speckle-belly1874 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 22 These were not Meeting-House-Men in whose Favours the Councel thus Wrote,..but some of 'em Parsons, some Vicars, some Curats, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632
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