banqueting

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banqueting

1. present participle and gerund of banquet

banqueting (countable and uncountable, plural banquetings)

1. The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
   • 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:

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

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

     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.

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

   • 1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus‎^[2]:

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

   • 2022 February 10, Zhuang Pinghui, “Omicron cases crash in ‘vital window’ for China city Baise’s outbreak battle”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 February 2022, Science‎^[4]:

     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.

Unadapted borrowing from English banqueting.

banqueting m (invariable)

1. banqueting