Meaning of bancketting | Babel Free
Definitions
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Banqueting. obsolete, uncountable
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Overindulgence, debauchery, or riotous behaviour. obsolete, uncountable
Examples
“Now I cannott lett you go without putting you in mynd what I said the last day in the Bancketting House at Whitehall.”
“1563 Romans 13:12 given in Common Places of Christian Religion, Wolfgang Musculus trans. John Man (1512-1569), pub R. Wolfe, London The nyghte is paste, and the Daye is come on, let us therfore cast of the workes of darknes, & put one the armoure of lyght, & let us walke honestely, as in the day time, not in bancketting and dronkennes, in chambrynge and wontonnes.”
“9 April 1550 A Sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the xiiii. day of December,Thomas Lever, Publisher: John Daie and William Seres. …waste at greye gaming, glotonous bancketting, and suche riote,…”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.