chapter house noun2 •A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place.The cloister, and the chapter-house adjoining to the church, are the finest here of any I have seen in England; the latter is octagon, or eight-square, and is 150 feet in its circumference. — 1724 •A building used by a sorority or fraternity as a residence or meeting place.At the house-party herein represented a murder is done, and the locale of the deed is a chapter house on the pleasant campus at Williamston, Mass. — 1929 formschapter houses · chapter-houses