conviviality

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He conversed much, with the farmers and peasants on his estate, whose houses he frequently entered, and whose convivialities, on occasion of a marriage or a birth, he seldom failed to attend.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

He looked to be a well-to-do citizen, whose success had taught him sedentary convivialities.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred

Is it to be seriously contended that these men looked askance at Burns because of his occasional convivialities?

From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel

Father Magauran, the parish priest, a rosy-faced, jovial little man, with a humorous! twinkle in his blue eye, and an anterior rotundity of person that betokened a moderate relish for the convivialities.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

But besides these duties by day, and the convivialities by night, there were other calls on his time and strength, to which Burns was by his reputation exposed.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell