1. a hall; an office; a reception room
2. a meeting place; a court of justice
3. a salutation for another's mother
4. an open level place on the hill
5. relatives born of the same grandfather
6. venerable; grave; imposing; dignified
7. a set, as a set of porcelains
8. a team or a group, as a team of drummers

1-a hall where solemn ceremonies were held in ancient China 2-(a geomantic term) the place where water gathers before a grave

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