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Here are real-life examples of using "banquet": I saw some of the guests leave the banquet room. The banquet was in full swing.

Banquet

/ˈbæŋkwɪt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA large celebratory meal; a feast.

nounA ceremonial dinner party for many people.

Sentence Examples

I saw some of the guests leave the banquet room.

The banquet was in full swing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

spread feast

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The king invited all his nobles to a grand ____ in the castle hall.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A grand ____ was held to celebrate the victory of the local team.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"True, worthy Banquo; he is full so valiant, And in his commendations I am fed; / It is a banquet to me." — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

"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." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 5:4:

"So comes a Reck’ning when the Banquet’s o’er, / The dreadful Reck’ning, and Men ſmile no more." — [1715], [John] Gay, The What D’Ye Call It: A Tragi-comi-pastoral Farce, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, Act II, scene ix, page 40:

"[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, […]" — 1798, [William Wordsworth], “Nutting”, in Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, London: […] J[ohn] & A[rthur] Arch, […], →OCLC:

"Who goes to dine must take his feast / Or find the banquet mean; / The table is not laid without / Till it is laid within." — c. 1870, Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd and M[illicent] T[odd] Bingham, editors, Bolts of Melody, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, published 1945, page 229:

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