单词 | common hall |
释义 | common halln. 1. a. A hall or building used as the meeting place of a guild, corporation, or council. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > house for meeting or guildhall hanse-housea1135 common halla1350 guild1596 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 10 Þe webbes ant þe fullaris..makeden huere consail in huere commune halle. a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 507 At Bedford..wer iij men murthred without strok, by falling doun of a steir, as þei come out of þer comon hall. 1612 Proclam. Maior of Dublin No Person or Persons doe or shall come into the Market, on any Market daie either to cheapen or buy any Graine before the Bell be roung in the common Hall. 1786 J. Impey Office Sheriff 28 From henceforth, the right of electing persons to the said offices of the sheriffalty..is hereby vested in the liverymen of the several companies of this city, to be for that purpose from time to time assembled in the common-hall of the Guildhall of this city. 1830 H. Thomas City of London I. 423 At the northern extremity of King Street in Guildhall yard, the north side of which is occupied by the principal front of the Guildhall or common hall of the corporation of London. 1950 Financial Times 26 June 7/2 Liverymen of the City of London met in the Common Hall on Saturday to elect sheriffs for the ensuing civil year. b. A general meeting of a guild, corporation, or council; esp. a general meeting of the Corporation of the City of London. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > of a company or corporation common hall1478 court1527 brotherhood1683 1478 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 300 At a comon halle holden at Leycestre..was choson be my master the Maire and all his bretherne Peers Curtes for to be on of ther brether of the Benche. 1640 Order House Commons in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 141 A Letter..to the Lord Mayor of London, to desire him to call a Common-Hall. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 88 But speake my knowledge, though it should displease The common-Hall..Of Ignorance. 1702 Eng. Post 6 Jan. Yesterday the Common-Hall met to Elect a Chamberlain for this City. 1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 636/1 On Tuesday a Common Hall was held for the election of Lord Mayor. 1913 Manch. Guardian 30 Sept. 10/3 The proceedings of the last Common Hall having been read, the Sheriffs..advanced to the front of the hustings. 2020 City A.M. (Nexis) 8 Jan. 1 By failing to admit women as members they are arguably also undermining the electoral franchise of Common Hall, and that is a real problem. 2. A large public room in a castle, mansion, etc., used for receptions, banquets, and other events; (more generally) a large hall or room in a building, available for general use. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > public building > [noun] > meeting-hall or house common hall?1473 assembly house1502 sedge1615 ambalama1807 meeting house1836 conference centre1958 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > assembly room common hall?1473 long room1642 room1715 squeeze room1850 saloon1851 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 126v After they brought hym in the comyn halle where as the ladyes were daunsyng and syngyng Ioyously. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvii. 27 Then the soudeours of the debite toke Iesus vnto the comen hall [1611 common hall; Wyclif mote halle; Gk. πραιτώριον]. 1722 A. M. Thoughts of Project for draining Irish Channel 15 We shall get Crabs and Lobsters, whose Claws, or Horns, will be as big and branching, as any Stags, or Elks, and make a finer Figure in a Nobleman's common Hall. 1827 1st Ann. Rep. Boston Prison Discipline Soc. (ed. 5) 57 The convicts proceed..at the hour of breakfast, to the common hall, where they partake of their wholesome and frugal meal in silence. 1986 B. Nash & A. Zullo Baseball Hall of Shame (1986) 61 The Pirates followed Perez into the runway leading to the common hall under the stands. 2020 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 28 Mar. e5 Residents of the condo units have the advantage of..access to a lap pool, a very large gym, and a common hall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350 |
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