Ancestral hall is a fancier way of saying a very old room. Like a library, a dance hall, a museum etc
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. February 25, 2013 By Vocabulary.com (NY) A woman's mind begins to unravel when she is confined to a yellow bedroom after being diagnosed with "a slight hysterical tendency."
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