durables

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It had been the site where lavish ceremonies - known as durbars - took place when a new British monarch took to the throne.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2020

At the durbars of the Viceroy attend Princes whose antiquity of lineage combined with wealth exceeds that of any other class of mortals.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the northern territories, tribal chiefs put on dazzling ceremonial durbars for the royal visitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here is another of Mr. Ziegfeld's sumptuous durbars, a large and glittering ceremonial with Mr. Cantor at the comic centre of its parades.

From Time Magazine Archive

And all visits of ceremony, durbars, receptions, leave-takings, and public functions of the like kind are brought to an august close by the distribution of pan supari.

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Aitken, Edward Hamilton