hall

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noun

Plural noun:

halls

1.
A corridor; a hallway.
The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
2.
A large meeting room.
The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
3.
A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
4.
A building providing student accommodation at a university.
The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
5.
The principal room of a secular medieval building.
6.
(obsolete)Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
7.
A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall
8.
(India)A living room.
9.
(Oxbridge) A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
10.
(Oxbridge slang) A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.

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ine-pro Middle English halle (hall), from Old English heall (hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court), from *hallu (hall), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (hall), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to hide, conceal).