Meaning of all hail | Babel Free
/ˌɔːl ˈheɪl/Definitions
A salutation of "all hail" (interjection interjection sense 1); hence, a salutation indicating respect or welcome.
Equivalents
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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.