Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ancestral hall

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: an-ces-tral hall
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancestral shrine.

Example Sentences

"Wu Hai, whose objections to contamination of the patrilineal line were cited above, described an ancestral hall (tz'u-t'ang) of the Lins of Lo-t'ien (Hupei)."

Inflected Forms

ancestral halls (plural)

Questions

What does ancestral hall mean?: An ancestral shrine.

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