Banquet

Banquet

A banquet is a large public meal or feast, complete with main courses and desserts. It usually serves a purpose, such as a charitable gathering, a ceremony, or a celebration, often followed by speeches in honor of someone.

History of Banquets

Banquets have been used as a formal occasion for thousands of years. Kings during medieval times frequently threw banquets for special events, such as birthdays or holidays.

Sports Banquets

On occasion, sports associations throw banquets as an attempt to enhance team chemistry, or also just to relax the players and/or coaches.

Business Banquets

Business banquets are a popular way to strengthen bonds between businessmen and their partners.

Conference Banquets

It is common that a banquet is organized at the end of an academic conference.

Luau

A Luau is one variety of banquet originally used in Hawaii.

Banquet tax

The Nei Mongol provincial government in China levies a tax on banquets.


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  • banquet — [ bɑ̃kɛ ] n. m. • déb. XIVe; it. banchetto « petit banc » sur lequel on s asseyait dans un banquet ♦ Repas d apparat où sont conviées de nombreuses personnes. Donner un banquet en l honneur de qqn. Banquet annuel d une association. Salle pour… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • banquet — Banquet, Coena, Concoenatio, Conuiuium, Symposium. Banquets, quand on convie l un l autre, Circumpotatio. Petit banquet et repeüe franche, ou l argent que bailloient les riches Romains à ceux qui au matin à leur lever leur venoient faire la cour …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • banquet — Banquet. s. m. Ce mot n est guere en usage, neantmoins dans les choses sacrées, & dans les ceremonies, il est meilleur que festin. Banquet des Elûs. banquet de l Agneau. le sacré banquet, pour dire, La sainte Communion. On dit aussi, Le banquet… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • banquet — BANQUET. sub. m. Festin, repas magnifique. Banquet somptueux. Assister à un banquet. [b]f♛/b] On appelle Le banquet des sept Sages, Le repas où on dit que se trouvèrent les sept Sages de la Grèce. Et en Poésie on dit, Le banquet des Dieux, pour… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • banquet — [baŋ′kwət] n. [LME banket < MFr banquet < OIt banchetto, dim. of banca: see BANK1] 1. an elaborate meal; feast 2. a formal dinner for many people, usually with toasts and speeches vt. to honor with a banquet vi. to dine at a banquet …   English World dictionary

  • Banquet — Ban quet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banqueted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Banqueting}.] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. [1913 Webster] Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Banquet — Ban quet, v. i. 1. To regale one s self with good eating and drinking; to feast. [1913 Webster] Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To partake of a dessert after a feast …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Banquet — Ban quet, n. [F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto, dim. of banco a bench, counter. See {Bank} a bench, and cf. {Banquette}.] 1. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • banquet — BANQUET: La plus franche des cordialité ne cesse d y régner. On en emporte le meilleur souvenir et on ne se sépare jamais sans s être donné rendez vous pour l année prochaine. Un farceur doit dire : «Au banquet de la vie, infortuné convive…», etc …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • Banquet — C est dans le Sud Ouest que le nom a toujours été le plus répandu, en particulier dans le Tarn et en Aquitaine. Il devrait s agir d un toponyme (plusieurs hameaux s appellent Le Banquet), diminutif de banc , sans doute avec le sens de bande de… …   Noms de famille

  • banquet — (n.) late 15c., feast, sumptuous entertainment, from Fr. banquet (15c.; in O.Fr. only small bench ), from O.It. banchetto, dim. of banco bench; originally a snack eaten on a bench (rather than at table), hence a slight repast between meals; the… …   Etymology dictionary

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