Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at banquet.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Banquet.
Examples
-
Seeing the Big Banquet from the other side of the lights was fun.
Archive 2007-06-01 Roger Sutton 2007
-
Seeing the Big Banquet from the other side of the lights was fun.
Romper Stomper Bomper Boo Roger Sutton 2007
-
The Banquet is short on food for this year's Thanksgiving Day feast.
-
Cory Stephens says, "I just saw the Banquet is short on some turkeys and I thought, well maybe I can find some and help out."
-
Antisthenes, -- or that "the talent of the man and the woman is the same," with Socrates in Xenophon's "Banquet" -- must be cautious lest they attempt to prove too much.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
-
Nothing is known of the life of this author, and it has been suggested that the word should be Symposium or the "Banquet" -- these enigmas being supposed to be delivered after dinner.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
-
Xenophon's "Banquet" -- must be cautious lest they attempt to prove too much.
Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
-
ConAgra's new Banquet dinners -- called Banquet Select Recipes -- will be priced 41 cents higher than the company's existing Banquet line, giving them a higher profit margin, says Joe Bybel, vice president of strategy at ConAgra.
-
Thus ever: the Banquet is a teaching in the same spirit, familiar now to all the poetry and to all the sermons of the world, that the love of the sexes is initial, and symbolizes at a distance the passion of the soul for that immense lake of beauty it exists to seek.
Representative Men 2006
-
The Chairman of the Banquet is a middle-aged Peer, who is a regular attendant at first nights, and occupies a subordinate office in the
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 Various 1876
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.