A meeting hall or administrative center of a guild or a town's governing body, often a grand building, especially in medieval and early modern towns.
Compound of 'guild' and 'hall.' The word emerged in medieval England as guilds required dedicated meeting spaces. The most famous is London's Guildhall, dating to the 12th century.
Many historic Guildhalls still stand in English cities and are among the grandest medieval buildings—they were as important to medieval towns as city halls are today!
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