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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hall \Hall\, n. [OE. halle, hal, AS heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h["o]lt, 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. 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. 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. 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. 4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college). 5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence the dinner itself as hall is at six o'clock. 6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] ``A hall! a hall!'' --B. Jonson Syn: Entry; court; passage. See {Vestibule}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 place at a college or university where students live [syn: {dormitory}, {dorm}, {residence hall}, {student residence}] 5: the large room of a manor or castle [syn: {manor hall}] 6: a large and imposing house [syn: {mansion}, {mansion house}, {manse}, {residence}] 7: a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning" 8: a large building for meetings or entertainment From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Hall, MT Zip code(s): 59837 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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.
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