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aularian

UK/ˌɔːˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/

aularian adjective: of or pertaining to a large hall.

Adjective

aularian (comparative more aularian, superlative most aularian)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to a large hall.
    • In 1839 Lyceum Hall was built at Meeting-House Hill. Mr. Henry A. Clapp, writing of it, says, " Few buildings of its sort in New England have been allied in more intimate and diverse fashion to the life of a community during a half-century of what we may call aularian existence."1893, William Dana Orcutt, Good old Dorchester: A Narrative history of the town, 1630-1893, page 184
    • explore the text in terms of the traditional culture of this warrior society. Especially important to remember in this context is the enjoyment of aularian conviviality which the opening of the poem suggests,1989, Rosemary N. Combridge, John L. Flood, Martin Durrell, "Mit regulu bithuungan": neue Arbeiten zur althochdeutschen Poesie

Noun

aularian (plural aularians)

  1. (UK, Oxford University) A member of a hall rather than a college.

Forms of aularian

Adjective
comparativemore aularian
superlativemost aularian
Noun
pluralaularians

Origin of aularian

From stem of Late Latin aularis (from Latin aula (“a hall”), from Ancient Greek αὐλά (aulá)) + -ian.

Words that rhyme with aularian

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Questions about aularian

What does aularian mean?
Aularian means of or pertaining to a large hall.
What part of speech is aularian?
Aularian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce aularian?
Aularian is pronounced /ˌɔːˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/ (UK).

Words near aularian in the dictionary

  1. aulacopod
  2. aulae
  3. aulae magnae
  4. Aulakh
  5. Aulakhs
  6. aularian
  7. aularians
  8. aulas
  9. aulate
  10. auld
  11. Auld Alliance

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