Meaning of bancketting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Banqueting.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. 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,…”

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