Banquet

n.	1.	A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
	2.	A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. - Massinger.
v. t.	1.	To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. [imp. & p. p. Banqueted; p. pr. & vb. n. Banqueting.] Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. - Coleridge.
v. i.	1.	To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. - Milton.
	2.	To partake of a dessert after a feast. Where they did both sup and banquet. - Cavendish.

Noun	1.	banquet - a ceremonial dinner party for many people Synonyms: feast
	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" Synonyms: feast, spread
Verb	1.	banquet - provide a feast or banquet for Synonyms: feast, junket
	2.	banquet - partake in a feast or banquet Synonyms: feast, junket

Lucullan feast, Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, bean-feast, beano, blow, blowout, carnival, carouse, do, do justice to, eat heartily, eat up, fair, feed, festal board, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, gala, gala affair, gala day, gaudy, great doings, groaning board, harvest home, high jinks, indulge, jamboree, joyance, jubilation, kermis, mad round, merrymaking, party, picnic, polish the platter, put it away, regale, repast, revel, revelment, revelry, round of pleasures, spread, treat, tuck, waygoose, wayzgoose, wine and dine

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