Hall \Hall\ (h[add]l), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin
to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h["o]ll, and
prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See
Hell, Helmet.]
1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness,
used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
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2.
(a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in
early times the only public room, serving as the place
of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers
and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was
often contrasted with the bower, which was the
private or sleeping apartment.
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Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.
--Chaucer.
Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into
the hall:
(b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more
elaborated buildings of later times. Hence:
(c) Any corridor or passage in a building.
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3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's
court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion
house. --Cowell.
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4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an
unendowed college).
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5. The apartment in which English university students dine in
common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six
o'clock.
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6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
[Obs.] "A hall! a hall!" --B. Jonson.
Syn: Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hall
n 1: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the
elevators were at the end of the hall" [syn: hallway]
2: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom,
antechamber, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule]
3: a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture
hall"; "pool hall"
4: a college or university building containing living quarters
for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall,
student residence]
5: the large room of a manor or castle [syn: manor hall]
6: English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was
banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) [syn: Radclyffe
Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall]
7: United States child psychologist whose theories of child
psychology strongly influenced educational psychology
(1844-1924) [syn: G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley
Hall]
8: United States chemist who developed an economical method of
producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914) [syn: Charles
Martin Hall]
9: United States explorer who led three expeditions to the
Arctic (1821-1871) [syn: Charles Francis Hall]
10: United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos
(the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) [syn: Asaph
Hall]
11: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house,
manse, residence]
12: a large building used by a college or university for
teaching or research; "halls of learning"
13: a large building for meetings or entertainment
WordNet (r) 2.0
163 Moby Thesaurus words for "hall":
Dymaxion house, Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater,
White House, access, adit, adobe house, agora, air lock,
amphitheater, approach, arcade, areaway, arena, arena theater,
assembly hall, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden,
bowl, boxing ring, breezeway, building, bull ring, cabaret, campus,
canvas, casa, chapel, circle theater, circus, classroom,
classroom building, cliff dwelling, cloister, club, cockpit,
coliseum, colonnade, colosseum, concert hall, consulate,
convention hall, corridor, couloir, country house, country seat,
course, dacha, dance hall, deanery, dwelling house, edifice,
embassy, entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, erection,
exhibition hall, fabric, farm, farmhouse, field, floor, forum,
foyer, gallery, gangplank, gangway, ground, gym, gymnasium,
hallway, hippodrome, house, houseboat, in, ingress, inlet, intake,
lake dwelling, lecture hall, lists, little red schoolhouse,
little theater, living machine, lobby, locale, lodge, loggia,
manor house, manse, marketplace, mat, means of access,
meetinghouse, milieu, music hall, night spot, nightclub,
open forum, opening, opera, opera house, outdoor theater,
palaestra, parade ground, parsonage, passage, passageway,
penthouse, pergola, peristyle, pit, place, platform, playhouse,
precinct, prefabricated house, presidential palace, prize ring,
public square, purlieu, ranch house, range, rectory, ring, roof,
scene, scene of action, scenery, school building, schoolhouse,
setting, showboat, site, skyscraper, sod house, sphere,
split-level, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set,
stage setting, structure, terrain, theater, theater-in-the-round,
theatre, theatron, tilting ground, tiltyard, town house, vestibule,
vicarage, walk, way, way in, wrestling ring
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Hall
(Gr. aule, Luke 22:55; R.V., "court"), the open court or
quadrangle belonging to the high priest's house. In Matt. 26:69
and Mark 14:66 this word is incorrectly rendered "palace" in the
Authorized Version, but correctly "court" in the Revised
Version. In John 10:1,16 it means a "sheep-fold." In Matt. 27:27
and Mark 15:16 (A.V., "common hall;" R.V., "palace") it refers
to the proetorium or residence of the Roman governor at
Jerusalem. The "porch" in Matt. 26:71 is the entrance-hall or
passage leading into the central court, which is open to the
sky.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
HALL. A public building used either for the meetings of corporations,
courts, or employed to some public uses; as the city hall, the town hall.
Formerly this word denoted the chief mansion or habitation.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
Hall, MT
Zip code(s): 59837
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Hall -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 139277
Housing Units (2000): 51046
Land area (2000): 393.658073 sq. miles (1019.569684 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 35.531875 sq. miles (92.027130 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 429.189948 sq. miles (1111.596814 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.296799 N, 83.842959 W
Headwords:
Hall
Hall, GA
Hall County
Hall County, GA
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Hall -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 53534
Housing Units (2000): 21574
Land area (2000): 546.396820 sq. miles (1415.161208 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.827359 sq. miles (15.092791 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 552.224179 sq. miles (1430.253999 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.894156 N, 98.417732 W
Headwords:
Hall
Hall, NE
Hall County
Hall County, NE
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Hall -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 3782
Housing Units (2000): 1988
Land area (2000): 903.085082 sq. miles (2338.979526 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.991522 sq. miles (2.568031 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 904.076604 sq. miles (2341.547557 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.535342 N, 100.658156 W
Headwords:
Hall
Hall, TX
Hall County
Hall County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
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