all hail

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interjectionArchaic.
  1. a salutation of greeting or welcome.

Origin of all hail

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words Nearby all hail

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How to use all hail in a sentence

  • He was practising what I always think of as his celluloid smile, whispering, and all-hail with everybody.

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  • He then parodied the All-hail of the witches to Macbeth, addressing himself to me.

British Dictionary definitions for all hail

all hail

interjection
  1. an archaic greeting or salutation

Origin of all hail

1
C14, literally: all health (to someone)

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