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Another word for banquet

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Noun

  1. A large meal elaborately prepared or served

      1. To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch:
      2. To make wider the gap between; move farther apart:
      3. To distribute over a surface in a layer:
      1. To give food to; supply with nourishment:
      2. To provide as food or nourishment:
      3. To serve as food for:
      1. One taken by an official at public expense.
      2. One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.
      3. A party, banquet, or outing.
      1. A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
      2. A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
      3. A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
    See also:

    ingestion

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Another word for banquet

Noun
      1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
      2. The joy and merriment of a festival or celebration.
      3. The proceedings or events of a festival.
      1. A festival or feast.
      2. An elaborate, often outdoor entertainment.
      3. An elaborate party.
      1. A meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal.
      2. To eat or feast.
      3. To give food to.
      1. A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
      2. A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
      3. A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
    See also:

    feast

    dinner

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Sentence Examples

  • She fled the banquet hall for the library.

  • The ceremony concluded with a grand banquet at the palace.

  • After this Atreus, apparently reconciled to his brother, recalled him to Mycenae and invited him to a banquet to eat of his son, whom Atreus had slain.

  • It was a simple funeral, with a banquet afterward.

  • Early meanings of the root gild or geld were expiation, penalty, sacrifice or worship, feast or banquet, and contribution or payment; it is difficult to determine which is the earliest meaning, and we are not certain whether the gildsmen were originally those who contributed to a common fund or those who worshipped or feasted together.

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