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great hall en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Even in castles and manor houses space was limited, and rooms including the great hall were used for other functions beyond dining. 2004, Melitta Weiss Adamson, Food in Medieval Times, →ISBN, page 156:
2. The principal building of a manor or castle compound.
   • "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." 2005, Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess, →ISBN:

Forms

Coordinates

manor house · great room · great house · country house

Relateds

hall house

Translations (5)

pl główny budynek pałacowy (principal building) · pl duży pokój (main room) · hu nagyterem (main room) · fi päärakennus (principal building) · fi suuri sali (main room)