"audience hall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: audience halls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} audience hall (plural audience halls)
  1. A room in which a ruler or religious official holds audience (i.e. a formal meeting with a dignitary). Categories (topical): Buildings Translations (room in which an official holds audience): gehoorzaal [feminine] (Dutch), vastaanottosali (Finnish), salle d’audience [feminine] (French), aula [feminine] (Polish), sala de audiencia [feminine] (Spanish), కొలువుకూటము (koluvukūṭamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-audience_hall-en-noun-GePCMTV8 Disambiguation of Buildings: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'room in which an official holds audience': 88 12
  2. (dated) An auditorium or large hall with a stage designed to seat an audience (i.e. a group of people watching a performance). Tags: dated Categories (topical): Buildings
    Sense id: en-audience_hall-en-noun-pJ6xLy1A Disambiguation of Buildings: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: audience-hall

Inflected forms

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