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banquets

NOUN

formal dinner, usually ceremonial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

feast festivity meal reception

STRONG

fete regale repast spread treat

Example Sentences

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Many younger Chinese associate red wine with business deals and official banquets, hurting its cool factor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The company also organised mass holidays and banquets for current and potential investors.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Louis XVI — the Sun King — and Queen Marie Antoinette held lavish banquets at Versailles before they were beheaded during the French revolution.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

How would fellow merchants or visiting dignitaries know about these luxe banquets once all those enviable perishables had been consumed?

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

He was known far and wide for hosting huge parties and fancy banquets.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby