A formal hall or formal dinner, commonly referred to as a formal, is a meal held at some of the older universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as some Commonwealth countries, at which students usually dress in formal attire and often gowns to dine. == Practices and traditions == Formals are held commonly in colleges in the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, and at Trinity College Dublin (where they are known as commons).
A formal hall or formal dinner, commonly referred to as a formal, is a meal held at some of the older universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as some Commonwealth countries, at which students usually dress in formal attire and often gowns to dine. == Practices and traditions == Formals are held commonly in colleges in the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, and at Trinity College Dublin (where they are known as commons).
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