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What (who) is guildhall - definition

BUILDINGS BELONGING TO AND FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF MEMBERS OF CRAFTS, TRADES, OR MERCHANTS' GUILDS
Guild hall; Guild Hall; Guild house
  • Girdler's Hall, the livery hall (guild hall) of the [[Worshipful Company of Girdlers]] in the City of London
  • Guildhall]], City of [[London]]
  • The [[Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten]] (carpenters' guildhall) in [[Zürich]]
  • The Merchant Guild House in [[Vyborg]]

Guildhall         
·noun The hall where a guild or corporation usually assembles; a townhall.
guildhall         
(guildhalls)
In Britain, a guildhall is a building near the centre of a town where members of a guild used to meet in former times.
N-COUNT
guildhall         
¦ noun a building used as the meeting place of a guild or corporation.
?Brit. a town hall.
?(the Guildhall) the hall of the Corporation of the City of London.

Wikipedia

Guildhall

A guildhall, also known as a "guild hall" or "guild house", is a historical building originally used for tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in some cases museums while retaining their original names.

Examples of use of guildhall
1. They exchanged vows at The Guildhall in Bath, Somerset, at 8am, beating Elton John and David Furnish‘s ceremony in the Guildhall in Windsor by three hours.
2. Performing at the city‘s Guildhall, they were mobbed by fans.
3. Those who dared resist were subjected to particular brutality, London‘s Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court was told.
4. Meanwhile Fisher – who trained at the Guildhall – had his own ‘long–standing enthusiasm‘ for Bach.
5. He was greeted by two local Conservatives and then had a walkabout to the city‘s Guildhall.