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11feast — [n] banquet and celebration barbecue, big feed*, blow*, blowout*, carnival, carousal, clambake, dinner, entertainment, fest, festival, festivity, fete, fiesta, gala, jollification, merrymaking, picnic, refreshment, regale, repast, spread, treat,… …
12banquet — [baŋ′kwət] n. [LME banket < MFr banquet < OIt banchetto, dim. of banca: see BANK1] 1. an elaborate meal; feast 2. a formal dinner for many people, usually with toasts and speeches vt. to honor with a banquet vi. to dine at a banquet …
13Banquet — Ban quet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banqueted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Banqueting}.] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. [1913 Webster] Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge. [1913… …
14banquet — (n.) late 15c., feast, sumptuous entertainment, from Fr. banquet (15c.; in O.Fr. only small bench ), from O.It. banchetto, dim. of banco bench; originally a snack eaten on a bench (rather than at table), hence a slight repast between meals; the… …
15feast — *dinner, banquet …
16banquet — [n] formal dinner, usually ceremonial feast, festivity, fete, meal, reception, regale, repast, spread, treat; concepts 377,459 …
17feast — feaster, n. feastless, adj. /feest/, n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast. 2. a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast. 3. something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the …
18Feast of the Pheasant — The Feast of the Pheasant (French: Banquet du Voeu du Faisan , Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant ) was a banquet given by Philip the Good of Burgundy in 1454 in Lille. Its purpose was to promote a crusade against the Turks (which never took… …
19banquet — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian banchetto, from diminutive of banca bench, bank Date: 15th century 1. a sumptuous feast; especially an elaborate and often ceremonious meal for numerous people often in honor of a person < a… …
20banquet — banqueter, banqueteer /bang kwi tear /, n. /bang kwit/, n., v., banqueted, banqueting. n. 1. a lavish meal; feast. 2. a ceremonious public dinner, esp. one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc. v.t. 3. to entertain or regale with a… …
