old local government office; old guild or association office
Meanings
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old local government office
archaicHistorical term for government administrative offices at local levels during the Republican era and earlier, now obsolete.
The village head had to go to the village office to handle affairs every day.
During the Republican era, the district office was a grassroots management institution.
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The township office was responsible for collecting taxes and maintaining public order.
noun
old guild or association office
archaicHistorical term for offices of trade guilds or native-place associations, serving as meeting places and offering mutual aid.
The cloth guild office was where cloth merchants discussed prices and mediated disputes.
Members of the fellow townsmen association often gathered at the association office.
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This building used to be a bankers' guild office.