banqueting

alternative banquetting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of banquet

plural banquetings · alternative banquetting

1. countableuncountableThe act of holding or participating in a banquet.

   Come, come, Therſites help to trim my tent? This night in banquetting muſt al be ſpent, away Patroclus.

   c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature K, verso

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   Foꝛ the time paſt of our life may ſuffice vs to haue wꝛought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in laſciuiouſnes, luſts, exceſſe of wine, reuellings, banquetings, and abhominable idolatries.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 4:3, signature [Y4], verso, column 1

   Tis not to sit In place of worship at the royal masques, Their pastimes, plays, and Whitehall banquetings, For none of these, Nor yet to be seen whispering with some great one, Do I affect the favours of the court.

   1818, Charles and Mary Lamb, “John Woodvil: A Tragedy”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV

   It is no proof of generosity (say the objectors) to take the bread of the laborer, to lavish it in banquetings on the rich.

   1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus

   Huludao’s Xingcheng county and two districts have ordered entertainment venues such as theatres and cinemas to close, while restaurants are not to offer banqueting services or cater for large gatherings.

   2022 February 10, Zhuang Pinghui, “Omicron cases crash in ‘vital window’ for China city Baise’s outbreak battle”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2022, Science