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Townhall

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Townhall
    A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Townhall
    a public hall for the official business of a town
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. tún, an enclosure, town; Ice. tún, an enclosure, Ger. zaun, a hedge.

Usage in the news

Tea partiers, townhall protesters, Texas secessionists--for the past few months, grassroots organizing has seemed to be mostly the domain of the right. tnr.com

From Townhall Magazine's December feature, "The Next Four Years" by the Townhall Staff. 560wind.townhall.com

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Kevin Glass Managing Editor, Townhall.com. 560wind.townhall.com

A reception will be held at Amanda Pence 's home at 2284 Jones Townhall Road N.W. bemidjipioneer.com

Rand Paul on Townhall. 560wind.townhall.com

West Valley Reproductive Health Townhall Meeting Tonight. slweekly.com

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Seliger to Host Townhall Meeting Wednesday in Seminole. seminolesentinel.com

All Blogs Talking Politics Townhall's New Sensitivity . thephoenix.com

Townhall Tags Forward Slogan . 560wind.townhall.com

Soledad O'Brien on Townhall. 560wind.townhall.com

KCPT continues its year long look at the childhood obesity problem by hosting a townhall meeting with those most affected…kids. kcpt.org

Usage in literature

The sceptre is departed from King Louis; is gone over to the Salles des Menus, to the Paris Townhall, or one knows not whither. "The French Revolution" by Thomas Carlyle

As mayor, I am in my place in the townhall, and here I stay. "Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1" by Guy de Maupassant

As mayor, I am in my place in the townhall, and here I stay. "Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete" by Guy de Maupassant

The Atkins town pump, also his gift, stood before the townhall. "Cy Whittaker's Place" by Joseph C. Lincoln

Countless citizens had flocked to the stately townhall. "The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete" by Georg Ebers

At Brussels is a very splendid Townhall, large, and covered with beautiful carved stonework, and it has a noble open tower. "Albert Durer" by T. Sturge Moore

In front of the townhall a dais had been erected for the convenience of the sheriffs, mayor, and town councilors. "Pretty Michal" by Mór Jókai

The court of the Duke of Wuertemberg sounds much grander than the townhall of Ulm. "The Banished" by Wilhelm Hauff

Covering the girl's body with an opperst-kleed, they brought it to Heyst, to the Townhall. "The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)" by Charles de Coster