See also:

• DAIS (Fr. dais, estrade, Ital. predella)

DAIS (Fr. dais, See also:

• ESTRADE

estrade, Ital. See also:

• PREDELLA

predella)  , originally a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor at the end of a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, raised a step above the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• BUILDING

building . On this the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion dined with his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends at the high table, apart from the retainers and servants . In medieval halls there was generally a deep recessed See also:

• BAY

bay window at one or at each end of the See also:

• DAIS (Fr. dais, estrade, Ital. predella)

dais, supposed to be for retirement, or greater privacy than the open hall could afford . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France they word is understood as a See also:

• CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

canopy or See also:

• HANGING

hanging over a seat; probably the name was given from the fact that the seats of See also:

• GREAT

great men were then surmounted by such a feature . In See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary use, the See also:

• TERM

term means any raised See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform in a See also:

• ROOM

room, for dignified occupancy .