At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: a member of a hall, as distinct from a college. Now only with reference to St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

(A) At Oxford and Cambridge Universities: relating to or characteristic of a hall, as distinct from a college; of or relating to such halls or their administration. In later use only with reference to St Edmund Hall, Oxford. (b) Occasionally more generally: of, relating to, or characteristic of a hall or halls, in various senses.