ˈjudgement-hall
A hall or public building in which judgements or trials at law are held; a court of justice; a tribunal. (Chiefly Hist.)
| 1534 Tindale John xviii. 33 Then Pylate entred into the iudgement hall [1526 iudgement housse; Wyclif, mote hall; Rhem. palace] agayne, and called Iesus. 1600 J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 53 They have a kinde of tribunall or iudgement-hall, wherein all contentions..are presently decided. 1872 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire 232 A scene depicted in the judgment-hall of Osiris. |