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Government building   /gˈəvərmənt bˈɪldɪŋ/   Listen
Government building

noun
1.
A building that houses a branch of government.






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"Government building" Quotes from Famous Books



... at last consented to allow her the use of a Government building, a low wooden one. Her room was seven feet by seven feet. Rats ran about in it in all directions, and then alighted on her shoulders. But she outgeneraled the rats. She gave them bread and water the first night, lit two ...
— The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale

... high plains near the E. foot of the Laramie range, at an altitude of 6050 ft.; the surrounding country is given up to mining (lignite and iron), grazing and dry-farming. Among the principal buildings are the capitol, modelled after the National Capitol at Washington; the United States government building, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the Union Pacific depot, the high school, the Carnegie library, St Mary's cathedral (Roman Catholic), the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, the Masonic Temple and the Elks' clubhouse. The city has two parks, and is connected by a boulevard with Fort D.A. Russell, ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 - "Chtelet" to "Chicago" • Various



Words linked to "Government building" :   chancellery, town hall, customhouse, diplomatic building, customshouse, capitol, courthouse, edifice, White House, pentagon, building, Capitol Building, Statehouse



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