hall

< /ˈræd klɪf/, 1880–1943, English writer.

Prince,1748–1807, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist, born in Barbados: fought at Bunker Hill.

noun

1. a room serving as an entry area within a house or building
2. (sometimes capital) a building for public meetings
3. (often capital) the great house of an estate; manor
4. a large building or room used for assemblies, worship, concerts, dances, etc
5. a residential building, esp in a university; hall of residence
6. 1. a large room, esp for dining, in a college or university
   2. a meal eaten in this room
7. the large room of a house, castle, etc
8. US and Canadian a passage or corridor into which rooms open
9. (often plural) informal short for music hall

noun

1. Charles Martin. 1863–1914, US chemist: discovered the electrolytic process for producing aluminium
2. Sir John. 1824–1907, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82)
3. Sir Peter. born 1930, English stage director: director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1960–73) and of the National Theatre (1973–88)
4. (Margueritte) Radclyffe . 1883–1943, British novelist and poet. Her frank treatment of a lesbian theme in the novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) led to an obscenity trial

n.

Old English heall “place covered by a roof, spacious roofed residence, temple, law-court,” from Proto-Germanic *khallo “to cover, hide” (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German halla, German halle, Dutch hal, Old Norse höll “hall;” Old English hell, Gothic halja “hell”), from PIE root *kel- “to hide, conceal” (see cell). Sense of “entry, vestibule” evolved 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 attested by 1786 as an abstract concept; in sporting sense first attested 1901, in reference to Columbia College.

1. American psychologist who established an experimental psychology laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (1882), founded child psychology, and profoundly influenced educational psychology.