antehall

[an-tee-hawl]

noun

1. a room or hall serving as a waiting room and entrance to a larger hall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antehall¹

First recorded in 1840–50; ante- + hall

Example Sentences

"Hail, Master Hildebrand, son of Hilding!" cried the advancing torch-bearer, as soon as he reached the row of columns of the Pronaos or antehall, in which time had made some gaps.

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The appointed hour was long passed for the music's commencement, but neither the Duke nor the Duchess had left their apartments, and the courtiers whispered that their Highnesses were closeted together, and that angry voices had been heard by one of the pages attendant in the antehall.

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When he reached the deserted corridor outside the antehall, where two tall gentlemen-at-arms guarded the door of his Highness's sleeping apartment, he held the missive up to the light of one of the flickering wall-lamps: 'For his Highness's own hand alone,' he read.

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Passing through the antehall, he gained admission to Eberhard Ludwig's apartment.

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Madame de Stafforth had torn the hem of her skirt walking through the crowded antehall, and she begged the attendant to sew it for her.

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