2. Verb. (third-person singular of banquet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banquets
1. banquet [v] - See also: banquet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banquets
Literary usage of Banquets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Starting with the omission of the royal toast, and then with that of the bald
toast to the July Institutions, these banquets, originated in Paris with a ..."
2. Idling in Italy: Studies of Literature and of Life by Joseph Collins (1920)
"... CHAPTER XIV banquets AND PERSONALITIES I MARVEL how men in public life stand
banquets ... and to each is given a banquet, to some many banquets. ..."
3. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1880)
"These banquets commenced in July 1847; and the parliamentary leaders, resting
upon the revolution of July 1830, advocated reforms consistent with the ..."
4. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Every man, from king to peasant, considered it incumbent upon him to be second
to none among his equals in the giving of banquets and entertainments, ..."
5. The Female Revolutionary Plutarch: Containing Biographical, Historical, and by Lewis Goldsmith, Stewarton (1808)
"It originates in the civic feasts and national confederations of La Fayette and
Petion, and in the fraternal and sisterly banquets of Hebert and Robespierre ..."