hall /ˈhɔl/
 大廳,門廳;會堂,禮堂,會議廳
 Hall n.
 1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
 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.
    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.
 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.
 4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
 5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
 6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] “A hall! a hall!”
 Syn: -- Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule.
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 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
 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.