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great_hall
great hall
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A great hall (room)
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A great hall (building)
Noun
great hall (plural great halls)
- (historical, architecture) The main room of a palace, castle or large manor house in the Middle Ages, or in a country house of the 16th and early 17th centuries
- 2004, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times, ISBN 0313321477, page 156:
- Even in castles and manor houses space was limited, and rooms including the great hall were used for other functions beyond dining.
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- (historical, architecture) The principal building of a manor or castle compound
- 2005, Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess, ISBN 074327248X:
- "Now this" — he indicated the great building facing them, with a handsome flight of steps up to the open door — "this is the great hall."
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Related terms
- great chamber
- great room
Translations
main room
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principal building
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See also
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great hall on Wikipedia.Wikipedia