Definition of Town hall

1. Noun. A government building that houses administrative offices of a town government.

Generic synonyms: Government Building

Definition of Town hall

1. Noun. A building that houses the local government offices of a town. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Town Hall

towmons
towmont
towmonts
town
town-and-gown
town and gown
town ball
town bicycle
town bicycles
town car
town cars
town clerk
town crier
town criers
town gas
town hall (current term)
town halls
town house
town houses
town meeting
town planning
town square
town squares
town twinning
town walls
towne
towned
townee
townees
towner

Literary usage of Town hall

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The meeting is held in the town hall or in some other hall sufficiently large to accommodate the ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"It appeared that the town of Barre owned an old town hall in the second story of a building, the tower story of which was owned hy another party; ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"ILI. portrait hangs in the council chamber of the Melbourne town-hall. ... He also designed the town-hall at Mansfield. The village of Blankney, ..."

4. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"... circumstance that the present English town-hall is often called the gild-hall, which, they * contend, proves the early identity of town and Gild. ..."

5. Publications (1885)
"... Town Lines—Manufacturing Companies discouraged — Surplus Revenue — Anti-Slavery Resolutions — Town Records — town hall — War of the Rebellion — Opening ..."

6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"One of the most cherished remains of the older Leicester, which still delights the eye of the modern citizen, is the old town hall and the adjoining ..."

7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Under the general rule of law, the council of the town of Prosperity could have made a debt for a town hall and guardhouse to one who contracted to build It ..."

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