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Definition of Statehouse
1. Noun. A government building in which a state legislature meets.
Definition of Statehouse
1. n. The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.
Definition of Statehouse
1. Noun. The building where a legislature meets to do matters of state. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Statehouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statehouse
Literary usage of Statehouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"Statehouse.—Extensive panoramic View.—Legislative Chambers.— City Hall.—Fan«iil
Hall.—Cradle of American Liberty.—Courthouse.—Jails and Custom-house. ..."
2. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"... and the crowning dome of the lofty Statehouse, which, standing on the highest
ridge of the city, is rendered strikingly prominent in every view of the ..."
3. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1853)
"The Northern District to furnish 1 Sub. to the Bridge guard, & 1 Corp'l & 9 men
to the Statehouse guard. The Southern District to furnish 1 Serj', 1 Corp', ..."
4. Stories of the Old Bay State by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1899)
"So the codfish came to the Statehouse of Massachusetts, and in the Statehouse it
has staid to this day, suspended either above or facing the Speaker's chair ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"Statehouse COMMISSIONERS. "Statehouse commissioners" are not trustees of the
statehouse fund, to be used In the purchase of a site for and the erection of a ..."
6. NBS Special Publication (1920)
"FW TUCKER, Chief State Inspector of Weights and Measures, Indianapolis, Ind.
HA WEBSTER, State Commissioner of Weights and Measures, The Statehouse, ..."
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