Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lobbies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lobby \Lob"by\, n.; pl. {Lobbies}. [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a
covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube,
arbor. See {Lodge}.]
1. (Arch.) A passage or hall of communication, especially
when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It
differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates
between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but
this distinction is not carefully preserved.
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the
official use of the assembly; hence, the persons,
collectively, who frequent such a place to transact
business with the legislators; any persons, not members of
a legislative body, who strive to influence its
proceedings by personal agency
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