Meaning of all hail | Babel Free

Definitions

A salutation of "all hail" (interjection interjection sense 1); hence, a salutation indicating respect or welcome.

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Examples

“Brother Kempe, as many alhailes to thy perſon as there be haicocks in Iuly at Pancredge: […]”

“Take heede you be not laſt / To tender your All Hayle, in the vvide hall / Of huge Seianus: […]”

“He [Samuel Johnson] then parodied the All-hail of the vvitches to Macbeth, addreſſing himſelf to me.”

“[H]e frequently repeated his welcomes and all-hails before he could be brought to attend to what that gentleman said in reply.”

“[W]itness the mute all-hail / The joyful traveller gives, when on the verge / Of craggy Indian wilderness he hears / From a log-cabin stream Beethoven's notes / On the piano, played with master's hand.”

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