"great hall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: great halls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} great hall (plural great halls)
  1. (history, architecture) 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 Categories (topical): Architecture, History, Rooms Related terms: great chamber, great room Translations (main room): suuri sali (Finnish), nagyterem (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-great_hall-en-noun-5CvHekXo Disambiguation of Rooms: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Topics: architecture, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'main room': 100 0
  2. (history, architecture) The principal building of a manor or castle compound Categories (topical): Architecture, History Translations (principal building): päärakennus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-great_hall-en-noun-71X8ODTJ Topics: architecture, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'principal building': 8 92

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