hall
    n 1: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the
         elevators were at the end of the hall" [syn: hallway,
         hall]
    2: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom,
       antechamber, entrance hall, 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,
       hall, student residence]
    5: the large room of a manor or castle [syn: manor hall,
       hall]
    6: English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was
       banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) [syn: Hall,
       Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall]
    7: United States child psychologist whose theories of child
       psychology strongly influenced educational psychology
       (1844-1924) [syn: Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville
       Stanley Hall]
    8: United States chemist who developed an economical method of
       producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914) [syn: Hall,
       Charles Martin Hall]
    9: United States explorer who led three expeditions to the
       Arctic (1821-1871) [syn: Hall, Charles Francis Hall]
    10: United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos
        (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) [syn: Hall,
        Asaph Hall]
    11: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house,
        manse, hall, 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

Hall \Hall\ (h[add]l), n. [OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin
   to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. h["o]ll, 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]

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.
   

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. 

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

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

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