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 --
Every evening, the guild brothers gathered in the tavern room of the guildhall to discuss the events of the day while the "gildeknecht" served beer.
A second guildhall, at a height of two-storeys was built to the north of the first building during the 1630s.
The basement below the guildhall originally contained cells for prisoners, while the first floor was used as a grammar school from 1867 to 1898.
The town council has a reception and offices in the guildhall.
The guildhalls were seized by the state and sold.
A guildhall was mentioned in 1361 and there is proof of a separate borough court.
Guildhall is a building of national fame and the events that take place there are often national events.
This afternoon the council held a meeting with a big crowd inside the guildhall and with bigger crowds outside.
