Definition of "council-house" []

• A house in which a council or deliberative body of any kind holds its sessions. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "God will not have us break into His council-house, or spy out His hidden mysteries."
• "Then came a youngish woman, adorned with the popular scragged-back hairstyle that some cruel souls call a 'council-house facelift'."
• "The Four Hundred, who were assembled in the council-house when the news was brought to them, were ready in a moment to take up arms, except Theramenes and his associates, who disapproved of their proceedings; to these they began to use threats."