Banquet
Definitions
- A large celebratory meal; a feast.
- A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
- A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
Equivalents
Examples
“True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant, And in his commendations I am fed; / It is a banquet to me.”
“And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let⟳ the king and Haman come⟳ this day unto the banquet that I have⟳ prepared for him.”
“So comes a Reck’ning when the Banquet’s o’er, / The dreadful Reck’ning, and Men ſmile no more.”
“[T]he hazels rose / Tall and erect, with milk-white clusters hung, / A virgin scene! — A little while I stood, / Breathing with such suppression of the heart / As joy delights in; and, with wise restraint / Voluptuous, fearless of a rival, eyed / The banquet, […]”
“Who goes to dine must take⟳ his feast / Or find⟳ the banquet mean⟳; / The table is not laid without / Till it is laid within.”
“And the sun, even as you and I and all there is, sits in equal honour at the banquet of the Prince whose door is always open⟳ and whose board⟳ is always spread⟳.”
“The thrill of discovery quickly wore off. TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy⟳ the medium’s insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead. During coverage of the first great banquet, correspondents—who had not been given menus—variously described those little orange balls decorating the table’s center as pomegranates, oranges or JellO. (They were actually North China tangerines.)”
“Wee'll dine in the great roome, but let⟳ the muſick / And banquet be prepar'd here.”
“At Inverkeithing the teetotalers objected to this profligate expenditure, so the Provost and magistrates manfully paid for their “cookies” out of their own⟳ pockets. At Dunse, instead of a cake and wine banquet, there was “a fruit conversazione,” whatever that may be.”
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.
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