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interjection Archaic.
a salutation of greeting or welcome.
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Origin of all hail

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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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
an archaic greeting or salutation

Word Origin for all hail

C14, literally: all health (to someone)
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