Editing Chapter house (section)

{{Short description|Meeting building or room in a religious structure}}
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[[File:Lincoln cathedral chapterhouse.JPG|thumb|The Chapterhouse at [[Lincoln Cathedral]] with [[flying buttress]]es surrounding the building]]
[[File:Chapter House, Wells Cathedral 8 (9320440414).jpg|thumb|The chapter house of Wells Cathedral, built {{Circa|1300}}]]
[[File:Canterbury - Glasfenster im Kapitelsaal der Kathedrale von Canterbury.jpg|thumb|200px|The chapter house of [[Canterbury cathedral]]]]
[[File:Toledo,Catedral de Santa María-E 0264.jpg|thumb|Late Renaissance grandeur at [[Toledo Cathedral]], with wooden coffered ceiling]]

A '''chapter house''' or '''chapterhouse''' is a building or room that is part of a [[cathedral]], [[monastery]] or [[collegiate church]] in which meetings are held. When attached to a cathedral, the [[cathedral chapter]] meets there.  In monasteries, the whole community often met there daily for readings and to hear the abbot or senior monks talk. When attached to a collegiate church, the [[dean (religion)|dean]], [[prebendary|prebendaries]] and [[canon (priest)|canon]]s of the college meet there. The rooms may also be used for other meetings of various sorts; in medieval times monarchs on tour in their territory would often take them over for their meetings and audiences. [[Synod]]s, [[ecclesiastical court]]s and similar meetings often took place in chapter houses.