A large room or building for the transaction of public business, the holding of courts of justice, or any public assemblies, meetings, or…

A public building or place of assembly. Obsolete.

A building belonging or open to the public, a public building. Obsolete.

Ancient History. Literally and originally, a royal palace; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at…

A building belonging or open to the community at large; a building for public use, a public building. Now rare and with allusion to sense 2.

a building used by the public for any purpose, such as assembly, education, entertainment, or worship.

A splendid building used for state ceremonies (figurative in quot. 1593.). Obsolete.

In extended use: a large public building; a place where people of note are assembled. Also figurative.

(a) a house where journeymen of a particular trade assemble, where carriers call for commissions, or where a person may be heard of or contacted (now…

= basilica, n. 1.

A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.

the centre of a city, municipality, etc., esp. as a focal point for local government and civic amenities; (in later use) spec. a purpose-built…

A Tibetan building (also, a territorial and administrative division) constituting a prefecture, frequently also serving as a fortress, a…