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banquet

[bang-kwit] / ˈbæŋ kwɪt /
NOUN
formal dinner, usually ceremonial
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In the banquet scene, a pig brought in on a spit and laid on the table was suddenly replaced by Banquo, hallucinated by Macbeth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The new Pizzamania will operate in the front area of the large Maggie’s Pub building, while the pub will move operations into the banquet hall, Barritt said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"If you include the wedding banquet and everything else, I spent around 400,000 to 500,00 yuan."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

Early the next morning, after the guard had unlocked the banquet hall, the exhausted operative returned to the hotel room he was sharing with Liddy.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

They pioneered winemaking, loved banquets and included women in public life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Industry executives say caterers now clamor for foie gras to add a luxurious touch to weddings and banquets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The King will continue to host a range of events at the palace from state banquets and garden parties to receptions and audiences with the prime minister and new ambassadors.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Describing himself as a Catholic from the impoverished aristocracy and an entrepreneur, he says it would offend against both his ethics and his business sense to exclude people from the banquets.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

The meetings were wedged in among constant banquets and receptions, at which Ernest considered his attendance essential to forging a personal connection with his Russian counterparts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He met with Lao president Bounnhang Vorachit, was feted at a welcome banqueted, where he toasted to a relationship he said would “mean greater progress and opportunity for the people of Laos”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2016

Mecom was banqueted by King Hussein, in turn entertained Jordanian officials with a dinner party at the new Jerusalem Intercontinental Hotel on the Mount of Olives.

From Time Magazine Archive

After his installation Bishop Gorman banqueted with priests and assisting bishops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Three football elevens who banqueted with no speakers present.

From Time Magazine Archive

They knew just what the divine inhabitants did there, what they ate and drank and where they banqueted and how they amused themselves.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“The extravagant gifting and banqueting and entertaining that fueled one big sector of imported wine has evaporated,” said Ian Ford, founding partner of Nimbility, an Asia-based beverage consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

The neo-Grecian style banqueting and conference hall was intended to be a focal point for the town's local community and the pre-World War One generation of well-to-do seaside visitors.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2022

Or, oh — I want Keats, Byron, Rachel Carson, Dickens, Darwin — and, oh, I so want Churchill and, and, and — my dinner party will need a banqueting hall to fit them all in!

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

It is always something of a memorable sight to see that magnificent banqueting hall employed to its full capacity and that evening was no exception.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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