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English
Pronunciation
Verb
banqueting
- present participle and gerund of banquet
Noun
banqueting (plural banquetings)
- The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Come, come, Thersites, help to trim my tent:
This night in banqueting must all be spent.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Peter 4:3:For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1818, Charles and Mary Lamb, “John Woodvil: A Tragedy”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV: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:It is no proof of generosity (say the objectors) to take the bread of the laborer, to lavish it in banquetings on the rich.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English banqueting.
Noun
banqueting m (invariable)
- banqueting