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These are held commonly in the <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">colleges</a> of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a> (where they are known as <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin#Commons" title="Trinity College Dublin">commons</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in some halls and colleges at <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">St Andrews</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Sandstone_universities" title="Sandstone universities">Australian sandstone universities</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">Adelaide</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">Melbourne</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Queensland" title="University of Queensland">Queensland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">Sydney</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tasmania" title="University of Tasmania">Tasmania</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Colleges of some Australian redbrick universities, including the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)" title="University of New England (Australia)">University of New England</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_South_Wales" title="University of New South Wales">University of New South Wales</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Queensland" title="University of Southern Queensland">University of Southern Queensland</a>, also hold gowned formal dinners.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nature of 'formals' varies widely between the colleges and halls that hold them. In some colleges, formals may be held every night, and are simply a second sitting of hall at which gowns are worn and grace is read. In other colleges, formals may be special events to which guests from outside the college are frequently invited, often with themes and associated <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">ents</a> or "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bop" class="extiw" title="wikt:bop">bops</a>". In between these two extremes fall the great majority of colleges. Formals are generally rarer at halls of residence, with some traditional halls holding them more regularly than others.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2></div> <p>The full name and abbreviations to describe the formals differ. Generally, though, they are known as: </p> <ul><li><i>Formal hall</i> – common at Oxford, Cambridge, Royal Holloway and Durham</li> <li><i>Formal Meal</i> or <i>formal dinner</i> – are also sometimes used, including at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds_accommodation#Devonshire_Hall_2" title="University of Leeds accommodation">Leeds (Devonshire Hall)</a></li> <li><i>Common meal</i> – subsidised collegiate meals at St Andrews</li> <li><i>Commons</i> – Dublin (Trinity College)</li> <li><i>High table</i> – <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Toronto" title="Trinity College, Toronto">Trinity College</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massey_College,_Toronto" title="Massey College, Toronto">Massey College</a> in the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>.</li></ul> <p>Abbreviations of the above terms tend to be either <i>formal</i> or, at <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John's College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a>, <i>hall</i>. There are other circumstances in which different names are used. For example, some larger colleges have both a large dining hall and a canteen-style dining room (often called the <i><a href="/wiki/Buttery_(shop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buttery (shop)">buttery</a></i> or <i>servery</i>). In these cases informal evening meals are taken in the buttery and formal meals in the hall, and the term <b>hall</b> is used uniquely to refer to the latter meal. Some may call it <i>second hall</i> to differentiate from the earlier self-service <i>first hall</i> or <i>informal hall</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditions">Traditions</h2></div> <p>Some colleges/halls have elaborate traditions, while others are more relaxed. <a href="/wiki/Grace_(prayer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grace (prayer)">Grace</a> may be said before the meal, in some places in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Dress_code" title="Dress code">dress code</a> of <a href="/wiki/Academic_dress" title="Academic dress">academic gowns</a> at formals is compulsory at some colleges and halls; in other cases <a href="/wiki/Formal_wear" title="Formal wear">formal wear</a> (for example a <a href="/wiki/Suit_(clothes)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suit (clothes)">lounge suit</a> for men or equivalent for women) is required in addition to, or instead of, the gown. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balliol_College_Dining_Hall,_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Balliol College, Oxford"><img alt="Balliol College, Oxford" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg/120px-Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg/180px-Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg/240px-Balliol_College_Dining_Hall%2C_Oxford_-_Diliff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="5502" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hulme_Hall,_University_of_Manchester,_Dining_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hulme Hall, Manchester"><img alt="Hulme Hall, Manchester" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg/120px-Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg/180px-Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg/240px-Hulme_Hall%2C_University_of_Manchester%2C_Dining_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3060" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hulme_Hall,_Manchester" title="Hulme Hall, Manchester">Hulme Hall, Manchester</a></div> </li> </ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pennying" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:pennying">pennying</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div><p>The tradition of "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pennying" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:pennying">pennying</a>" is long established in most <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">St Andrews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_University" title="Durham University">Durham</a> colleges/halls, although is banned in some colleges, such as <a href="/wiki/Keble_College,_Oxford" title="Keble College, Oxford">Keble College, Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke</a>, Cambridge whereas in others there is often the risk of possible expulsion from the meal by staff members and even fines at <a href="/wiki/St_Chad%27s_College" class="mw-redirect" title="St Chad's College">St Chad's College</a>, Durham. A variation of the tradition is found at <a href="/wiki/University_College,_Durham" title="University College, Durham">University College, Durham</a>, where corks are used instead of pennies. In some Cambridge colleges, <a href="/wiki/Smarties" title="Smarties">Smarties</a> are used as an alternative, due to the request of the kitchen staff (pennies apparently being a problem in dishwashers). </p><p>Almost all Bristol, Durham, Leeds, St Andrews, Royal Holloway, Dublin, Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge college formal halls include a <a href="/wiki/High_table" title="High table">high table</a>, exclusively for the <a href="/wiki/Common_Room_(university)" class="mw-redirect" title="Common Room (university)">senior common room</a> of the college and their guests, with students eating at the lower tables. The high table is often raised above the floor level of the hall, on a <a href="/wiki/Dais" title="Dais">dais</a>. Some of the newer colleges (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Wolfson_College,_Cambridge" title="Wolfson College, Cambridge">Wolfson College, Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolfson_College,_Oxford" title="Wolfson College, Oxford">Wolfson College, Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linacre_College,_Oxford" title="Linacre College, Oxford">Linacre College, Oxford</a>) have discontinued or have never had this practice, in order to promote equality between fellows and students. At Manchester halls, which do not have a close academic connection with the university and have always been largely undergraduate institutions, the executive committee of the junior common room sits at the high table.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There may be one or more <a href="/wiki/After_dinner_speaker" class="mw-redirect" title="After dinner speaker">after dinner speakers</a> at the end of the dinner or even between courses on special occasions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Informal_hall" title="Informal hall">Informal hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudy" title="Gaudy">Gaudy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110724060020/https://home.jesus.ox.ac.uk/offices/bursary/formalhalletiquette/">"Formal Hall Etiquette"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Jesus_College,_Oxford" title="Jesus College, Oxford">Jesus College, Oxford</a></i>. 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