banquet
a lavish meal; feast.
a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.
to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.
to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.
Origin of banquet
1synonym study For banquet
Other words from banquet
- ban·quet·er, ban·que·teer [bang-kwi-teer], /ˌbæŋ kwɪˈtɪər/, noun
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How to use banquet in a sentence
The Tories were reminded that his soldiers had guarded the scaffold before the Banqueting House.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHe passed the night banqueting with the duke and the Angevin gentlemen, then in dancing with the Angevin ladies.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereHe brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamSo disguising his doubtful emotions without a word, he led the way to the bacon and the banqueting hall.
The Wouldbegoods | E. NesbitWhitelock gives a most animated description of the scene in the banqueting-room.
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple | Charles G. Addison
British Dictionary definitions for banquet
/ (ˈbæŋkwɪt) /
a lavish and sumptuous meal; feast
a ceremonial meal for many people, often followed by speeches
(intr) to hold or take part in a banquet
(tr) to entertain or honour (a person) with a banquet
Origin of banquet
1Derived forms of banquet
- banqueter, noun
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