A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.[from 10th c.]
The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. [from 10th c.]
(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]
(figuratively) a place of rest or repose. [from 9th c.]
A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. [from 19th c.]
An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. [from 10th c.]
(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14th c.]
(cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card.
(chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16th c.]
(curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19th c.]
