0 (in the UK) a building in the centre of a town in which members of a guild met in the past, now often used as a place for meetings or performances or as local government offices
Commercial exchange took place in an open, colonnaded undercroft, and an upper chamber combined the functions of guildhall, town council room and court of law.
It had long been assumed that clerks would only record business in the safety of the guildhall.
When the acting principal mentioned that the guildhall could be the site of the assembly, there was an enormous roar of approval.
Each category has its own problem; but whether it be a church, a guildhall or a house, each is part of the whole problem.
In the past, central committee meetings were held at the guildhall, and a few political aficionados used to attend and listen to the debates.
It is surrounded by the lovely small rural town with its 15th century guildhall and old houses.
What they had got was a miniature guildhall.
This afternoon the council held a meeting with a big crowd inside the guildhall and with bigger crowds outside.
