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noun
1.
a corridor or passageway in a building.
2.
the large entrance room of a house or building; vestibule; lobby.
3.
a large room or building for public gatherings; auditorium: convention hall; concert hall.
4.
a large building for residence, instruction, or other purposes, at a college or university.
5.
EXPANDa college at a university.
6.
(in English colleges)
a.
a large room in which the members and students dine.
b.
dinner in such a room.
7.
British. a mansion or large residence, especially one on a large estate.
8.
British Informal. music hall.
9.
the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
10.
the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.
11.
COLLAPSESoutheastern U.S.: Older Use. the living room or family room of a house.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hall
O.E. heall "place covered by a roof, spacious roofed residence, temple," from P.Gmc. *khallo "to cover, hide" (cf. O.H.G. halla, Ger. halle, Du. hal, O.N. höll "hall;" O.E. hell, Goth. halja "hell"), from PIE base *kel- "to hide, conceal" (see cell). Sense of "entry, vestibule"
EXPANDevolved 17c., at a time when the doors opened onto the main room of a house. Older sense preserved in town hall, music hall, etc., and in university dormitory names. Hall of Fame first attested 1901, in ref. to Columbia College.
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Medical Dictionary
Hall (hôl), Granville Stanley. 1844-1924.
American psychologist who established an experimental psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (1882), founded child psychology, and profoundly influenced educational psychology.
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