great hall

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great hall

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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.
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."

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@misc{great_hall_2026,
  title = {great hall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20hall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}