Assembly hall

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For other uses, see Assembly hall (disambiguation).
A Vermont meeting hall, from Braintree, Vermont, USA.

An assembly hall is a kind of function hall, a large room used to hold public meetings or meetings of the members of an organization such as a school, church, or deliberative assembly.[1] An example of the last case is the Assembly Hall (Washington, Mississippi) where the general assembly of the state of Mississippi was held. Some Christian denominations call their meeting places or places of worship assembly halls. Elders and ministers of Presbyterian churches gather in assembly halls for their general assembly, such as in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland.

Function hall[]

Banquet hall and wedding reception venue

A function hall, reception hall, or banquet hall is a room or building for the purpose of hosting a party, banquet, wedding or other reception, or other social event. Function halls are often found within pubs, clubs, hotels, or restaurants. Some are run by fraternal organizations and rented out as part of them being a club, for example Masonic Halls. The first recorded mention of "function rooms" is in 1922. [2][3]

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  • Nightclub Function Room.

  • Function Room in Melbourne

  • Chinese banquet hall

  • Brisbane Hire Venue

  • Function Halls Across India

  • Meeting cum banquet hall in Darbhanga, Bihar, India

  • The assembly hall of the Sámi Parliament in the cultural centre Sajos in northern Lapland, Finland.

College and university campuses[]

See also: Arena and List of indoor arenas in the United States § Major college indoor arenas

On the campuses of colleges and universities in the United States, assembly halls are sometimes found in multi-purpose athletic buildings, where they share other uses, including as basketball courts. Examples are Assembly Hall (Bloomington) and (formerly) Assembly Hall (Champaign).

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References[]

  1. ^ "Assembly hall definition and meaning - Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ National Electrical Contractors Association (1922). "Electrical Construction and Maintenance". Electrical Construction and Maintenance. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 22: 58. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Ngram Viewer". Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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