[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hall \hall\ haddl, n. oe. halle, hal, as. heal, heall; akin
   to d. hal, os.  ohg. halla, g. halle, icel. h"oll, 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

                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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. a college in an english university at oxford, an
      unendowed college.
      1913 webster

   5. the apartment in which english university students dine in
      common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six
      o'clock.
      1913 webster

   6. cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
      obs. "a hall a hall" --b. jonson.

   syn: entry; court; passage. see vestibule.
        1913 webster
see also:
hell helmet bower vestibule 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
hallway anteroom antechamber entrance hall foyer lobby 
vestibule dormitory dorm residence hall student residence 
manor hall radclyffe hall marguerite radclyffe hall g. stanley hall granville stanley hall 
charles martin hall charles francis hall asaph hall mansion mansion house 
manse residence 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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. 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

hall, mt
  zip codes: 59837

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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

[8] : 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

[9] : 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

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