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aula capitular

English translation: Chapter house


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Spanish term or phrase:aula capitular
English translation:Chapter house
Entered by: bernar3
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19:01 May 2, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: aula capitular
torre y naves al pie de la iglesia (fines del S. XIII- mediados del XIV); crucero, cabecera con altar mayor, girola y antigua aula Capitular (mediados del XV-principios del XVI)

Muchas gracias
bernar3
Local time: 10:00
Chapterhouse
Explanation:
Could be this, see link for definition...

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-05-02 19:21:12 GMT)
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See also a comment on this Proz question:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/873039

It talks about sala Capitular - I would think it's the same, sala seems more common

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-05-02 22:03:34 GMT)
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The 'house' in chapterhouse could be misleading as many descriptions just state it as a room, also nearly every cathedral seems to have one (if in doubt just search Google with: "Chapter house" and "cathedral"):

http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/chapterhouse.h...
http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/fountains/buildings/chapterhou...
http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/gallery.php?id=22
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_deta...
http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/history.html
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Mary Breen
Local time: 09:00
Grading comment
Muchas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4ChapterhouseMary Breen
4 +1Chapter Room
Nicholas Ferreira


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Chapter Room


Explanation:
There was an activity in monasteries called the Chapter of Faults, and it would be held in this room with the attendance of the whole community.

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-05-02 19:13:19 GMT)
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http://geneseeabbey.org/faq.html
CHAPTER ROOM: What is that?
The chapter room is the meeting hall of a monastery where the community comes together for the abbot's weekly (or more often) instructions to the community. These are called chapter talks. It is also the place where we gather for community meetings, dialogs, guest speakers, etc. and these are called chapter meetings. Traditionally when the monastic communities met for the abbot's instructions the meetings began with the reading of a chapter from the Rule of St. Benedict, hence the name

Nicholas Ferreira
Local time: 04:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: for me, an 'aula' isn't a house, but a room/hall, similar to this Chapter Room ( http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?_IXP_=1&_IXR=1666 ) in Exeter Cathedral, where I was today!///I don't think so: a chapter house is usually a separate building, ie, house
2 hrs
  -> That's what I am familiar with too, but maybe I was too influenced by my time in Spain...
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Chapterhouse


Explanation:
Could be this, see link for definition...

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-05-02 19:21:12 GMT)
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See also a comment on this Proz question:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/873039

It talks about sala Capitular - I would think it's the same, sala seems more common

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-05-02 22:03:34 GMT)
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The 'house' in chapterhouse could be misleading as many descriptions just state it as a room, also nearly every cathedral seems to have one (if in doubt just search Google with: "Chapter house" and "cathedral"):

http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/chapterhouse.h...
http://cistercians.shef.ac.uk/fountains/buildings/chapterhou...
http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/gallery.php?id=22
http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/07_middleages/object_deta...
http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/history.html


    Reference: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chapterhouse
Mary Breen
Local time: 09:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gerardo Noriega Rivero
1 min
  -> Thanks Gerardo
agree  Swatchka
1 hr
  -> Thanks Swatchka
agree  cristina estanislau
1 hr
  -> Thanks Cristina
agree  Annissa 7ar
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Annissa
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