1. a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter;
2. a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity; [syn: chapterhouse, fraternity house, frat house]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chapterhouse
n 1: a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a
meeting place for the chapter
2: a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
[syn: chapterhouse, fraternity house, frat house]