function / social / civic
function / social

• balinea: Also see balnea.
• balnea: Roman baths, usually the great public ones.
• balneum: Roman baths, usually the great public ones.
• banquet house: Also see banqueting house.
• banqueting house: Also see banqueting house.
• baths: Public bathing facilities, a center of social life in ancient Rome.
• casino: A building for public social gatherings, more frequently those for music and dancing; less commonly, a room for the same. 2. A building or a room for games of chance.
• chi nien kuan: In Chinese architecture, a memorial hall. Also see chi nien t’ang.
• chi nien t’ang: In Chinese architecture, a memorial hall. Also see chi nien kuan.
• civic center: In a community, that part in which are located the main public buildings.
• club house: A building occupied by a club. The main requirements of such a house are usually those of social intercourse, as reading rooms, conversation rooms, dining rooms, etc., with usually some arrangements for a library, and the necessary offices for the clerks and steward, or superintendent, as well as for the house servants…
• cockpit: An enclosed area for cock fighting; hence, by extension, a building for such a purpose. 2. The pit of a theatre. Obsolete; in use as late as the close of the sixteenth century; so called from its form and general appearance…
• dinh: A communal hall in a Vietnamese village.
• lesche: In ancient Greece, a public portico, clubhouse, or the like, frequented by the people for conversation or the hearing of news; such buildings were numerous in Greek cities, and their walls often were decorated by celebrated painters.
• leschi: In ancient Greece, a public forum, usually sheltered.

Also see Architecture index.