Usage: usually capitalized H&F
1. : a hall, building, room, or other structure housing statues, busts, tablets, or other memorials commemorating famous or illustrious persons usually selected for inclusion by a qualified group of electors
a Hall of Fame honoring great merchants of America was inaugurated tonight — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union
ground-breaking ceremonies were held today for the national cowboy Hall of Fame here — New York Times
2. : a group of individuals in some particular category formally selected by a group of qualified electors or informally adjudged by popular opinion as most illustrious or meriting immortal fame
earned herself a permanent place in the trotters' Hall of Fame — R.E.Meyer