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stadthouse|ˈstæthaʊs|
Also: 7 stat-, 8 stadhouse.
[ad. G. stadthaus and Du. stadhuis, f. G. stadt, Du. stad town + G. haus, Du. huis house n.]
A town-hall, esp. one in a Dutch town (or Dutch colony).
1646Howell Lewis XIII, ii. 42 A Stat-House in Delph in Holland, which had bin burnt in like maner and reedified. 1673Temple Observ. United Prov. ii. 86 The Magnificence of their Publique Buildings, as Stadthouse and Arsenals. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4077/3 Having shewn his Grace their Famous Stadhouse. 1766Ann. Reg., Chron. 94/1 A most terrible fire at Muskau in Upper Lusatia, which reduced to ashes, two churches, the stadthouse [etc.]. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. (1861) 131 A great banquet was served up in the stadthouse. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. v. I. 550 The Stadthouse of Amsterdam. |