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banquet

lavish meal; feast; ceremonious dinner: The awards were followed by a banquet.

Not to be confused with:

banquette – a long bench; embankment; a ledge on a buffet; platform: Mary and Sheldon will be sitting on the banquette.

ban·quet

(băng′kwĭt)

1. An elaborate, sumptuous meal; a feast.

2. A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion.

tr. & intr.v. ban·quet·ed, ban·quet·ing, ban·quets

To honor at or partake of a banquet.

[Middle English banket, from Old French, banquet, from Old Italian banchetto, from diminutive of banco, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English benc, bench.]

ban′quet·er n.

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banquet

(ˈbæŋkwɪt)

1. a lavish and sumptuous meal; feast

2. a ceremonial meal for many people, often followed by speeches

vb, -quets, -queting or -queted

3. (intr) to hold or take part in a banquet

4. (tr) to entertain or honour (a person) with a banquet

[C15: from Old French, from Italian banchetto, from banco a table, of Germanic origin; see bank¹]

ˈbanqueter n

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ban•quet

(ˈbæŋ kwɪt)
n.

1. a lavish meal; feast.

2. a ceremonious public dinner, as to honor a person or benefit a charity.

v.i.

3. to have or attend a banquet; feast.

v.t.

4. to entertain with a banquet.

[1425–75; late Middle English banket < Middle French < Italian banchetto=banc(o) table (see bank²) + -etto -et]

ban′quet•er, ban`que•teer′, n.

banquet

Past participle: banqueted
Gerund: banqueting

Imperative
banquet
banquet

Present
I banquet
you banquet
he/she/it banquets
we banquet
you banquet
they banquet

Preterite
I banqueted
you banqueted
he/she/it banqueted
we banqueted
you banqueted
they banqueted

Present Continuous
I am banqueting
you are banqueting
he/she/it is banqueting
we are banqueting
you are banqueting
they are banqueting

Present Perfect
I have banqueted
you have banqueted
he/she/it has banqueted
we have banqueted
you have banqueted
they have banqueted

Past Continuous
I was banqueting
you were banqueting
he/she/it was banqueting
we were banqueting
you were banqueting
they were banqueting

Past Perfect
I had banqueted
you had banqueted
he/she/it had banqueted
we had banqueted
you had banqueted
they had banqueted

Future
I will banquet
you will banquet
he/she/it will banquet
we will banquet
you will banquet
they will banquet

Future Perfect
I will have banqueted
you will have banqueted
he/she/it will have banqueted
we will have banqueted
you will have banqueted
they will have banqueted

Future Continuous
I will be banqueting
you will be banqueting
he/she/it will be banqueting
we will be banqueting
you will be banqueting
they will be banqueting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been banqueting
you have been banqueting
he/she/it has been banqueting
we have been banqueting
you have been banqueting
they have been banqueting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been banqueting
you will have been banqueting
he/she/it will have been banqueting
we will have been banqueting
you will have been banqueting
they will have been banqueting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been banqueting
you had been banqueting
he/she/it had been banqueting
we had been banqueting
you had been banqueting
they had been banqueting

Conditional
I would banquet
you would banquet
he/she/it would banquet
we would banquet
you would banquet
they would banquet

Past Conditional
I would have banqueted
you would have banqueted
he/she/it would have banqueted
we would have banqueted
you would have banqueted
they would have banqueted

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Noun	1.	banquet - a ceremonial dinner party for many people feast dinner party, dinner - a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" gaudy - (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
	2.	banquet - a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread" feast, spread meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
Verb	1.	banquet - provide a feast or banquet for feast, junket feast, banquet, junket - partake in a feast or banquet host - be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"
	2.	banquet - partake in a feast or banquet feast, junket eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" banquet, feast, junket - provide a feast or banquet for wine and dine - eat sumptuously; "we wined and dined in Paris"

banquet

noun feast, spread (informal), dinner, meal, entertainment, revel, blowout (slang), repast, slap-up meal (Brit. informal) Last night he attended a state banquet.

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banquet

noun

A large meal elaborately prepared or served:

feast, junket.

Informal: feed, spread.

Translations

مَأْدَبَه، وَليمَه

banket

banketfestmiddag

Bankett Festessen Tafel

banquete

banquet banqueter

bankettdíszebéddíszvacsoralakoma

stórveisla

banchetto banchettare

banketas

bankets

bankett representasjonsmiddag

banket

banquet

[ˈbæŋkwɪt]

A. N → banquete m

B. VI → banquetear

C. VT [+ person] → dar un banquete en honor de

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banquet

[ˈbæŋkwɪt] n → banquet m, festin m state banquet, wedding banquetbanqueting hall [ˈbæŋkwɪtɪŋ] n → salle f de banquet

banquet

n (= lavish feast) → Festessen nt; (= ceremonial dinner also) → Bankett nt

vt → üppig or festlich bewirten (on mit); (ceremoniously) → ein Bankett abhalten für

vi → speisen, tafeln (geh); to banquet on something → etw speisen

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banquet

[ˈbæŋkwɪt] n → banchetto

banquet

(ˈbӕŋkwit) noun

a feast or ceremonial dinner at which speeches are often made.

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Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's flesh that night.

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For I must remark, Thrasymachus, if you will recall what was previously said, that although you began by defining the true physician in an exact sense, you did not observe a like exactness when speaking of the shepherd; you thought that the shepherd as a shepherd tends the sheep not with a view to their own good, but like a mere diner or banqueter with a view to the pleasures of the table; or, again, as a trader for sale in the market, and not as a shepherd.

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Among those circling futilely the outskirts of the banqueters was old Tublat.

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In the end all three of them begin advancing, step by step, upon the banqueters, Valentinavyczia, he cellist, bumping along with his instrument between notes.

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xxxix, as Scents and Flavors the Banqueter Favors).

Scents and Flavors: A Syrian Cookbook

His recent publications include The Banqueter's Guide to the All-Night Soup Kitchen of the Kingdom of God (Liturgical, 2003); "Sex, Secrets, and a Dysfunctional Church," Horizons 30 (March 2003); "The Good Sojourner: Hospitality and Third World Tourism," Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 24.1 (2004); and "Burying the Executioner's Ax: A Christian Rejection of Capital Punishment," in Christian Social Values, ed.

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Dame Ragnell's unwillingness to accept a discreet, private wedding ("'Openly I woll be weddid'" [507]) consumes much of the text's attention, and it seems to revel in recounting her appearance as a bejeweled sow and rapacious banqueter. Just as Arthur feels "great shame" (515) in traveling with Ragnell, the queen unsuccessfully entreats the bride to schedule an early morning ceremony "'as privaly as we may'" (571).

Opening the secret: marriage, narration, and nascent subjectivity in Middle English romance

Dame Ragnell's unwillingness to accept a discreet, private wedding ("`Openly I wolf be weddid'" [507]) consumes much of the text's attention, and it seems to revel in recounting her appearance as a bejeweled sow and rapacious banqueter. Just as Arthur feels "great shame" (515) in traveling with Ragnell, the queen unsuccessfully entreats the bride to schedule an early morning ceremony "'as privaly as we may'" (571).

Opening the secret: marriage, narration, and nascent subjectivity in Middle English romance

He laughed to himself: / in his mind's eye, he saw the life of each man husked from its body, and he the vicious / banqueter, squatting at daybreak, his vast / appetite fully sated' (11.

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

Baughan finds that in some tombs klinai were clearly conceived as banqueting couches--as in Tumulus II, Karaburun, which features a banqueter reclining on a kline in a painted scene on the rear wall of the tomb, above the actual couch.