1
: a sumptuous feast
especially
: an elaborate and often ceremonious meal for numerous people often in honor of a person
a state banquet
2
: a meal held in recognition of some occasion or achievement
an awards banquet
banqueted; banqueting; banquets
: to partake of a banquet
The night before, after a typical 12-hour workday, the president banqueted until nearly midnight …—
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: to treat with a banquet : feast
They will be banqueting visiting dignitaries.
banqueter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of banquet in a Sentence
Noun
They held a banquet in his honor.
prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class
Verb
banqueted the returning troops at the military base
Recent Examples on the WebJoshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The passage offers the example of a king who, after preparing a feast for his servants, becomes angry with them and orders the removal of the lantern illuminating their banquet.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Normally, the area around the al-Aqsa plaza would be strung with lights and the narrow lanes would be crowded with families buying clothes for the month and food for the nightly iftar banquets.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The casino is also looking for banquet housepersons, janitorial porters, cage cashiers, table games dealers, food servers and bussers, according to a news release.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Honoring best of best On Sunday in Agoura, the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame will hold its annual banquet honoring the top student athletes from football teams in the area.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Golden Soup Wu and Chien sit down at a large round table in the dining room of Golden Soup, a banquet restaurant on the second floor of the Gold World plaza in San Gabriel.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Fairbanks hosted the first Oscars awards banquet in 1929.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials.
—Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2014
But in many Western capitals the optics of the visit will look very different – two autocrats who have long described themselves as firm friends shaking hands and banqueting while a conflagration in Europe rages.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
Our state government agency generally has an annual awards banquet off-site in December.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
Roy and others who work for the chamber and Visit Sitka were at Centennial Hall Sunday cleaning up from the chamber awards banquet the night before, and were stunned when the messages started coming in.
—Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2020
Noun
Crew members are seen building sets before they are brought out for use; in a breathtaking coup de théâtre, Tatyana’s bedroom wall transforms into a stage and banquet table for a lavish party.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The passage offers the example of a king who, after preparing a feast for his servants, becomes angry with them and orders the removal of the lantern illuminating their banquet.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
Normally, the area around the al-Aqsa plaza would be strung with lights and the narrow lanes would be crowded with families buying clothes for the month and food for the nightly iftar banquets.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The casino is also looking for banquet housepersons, janitorial porters, cage cashiers, table games dealers, food servers and bussers, according to a news release.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Honoring best of best On Sunday in Agoura, the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame will hold its annual banquet honoring the top student athletes from football teams in the area.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Golden Soup Wu and Chien sit down at a large round table in the dining room of Golden Soup, a banquet restaurant on the second floor of the Gold World plaza in San Gabriel.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Fairbanks hosted the first Oscars awards banquet in 1929.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials.
—Associated Press, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
Verb
These men seem to devote most of their time to cultivating relationships with government officials and gang bosses in teahouses, karaoke parlors, and banqueting clubs.
—John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2014
But in many Western capitals the optics of the visit will look very different – two autocrats who have long described themselves as firm friends shaking hands and banqueting while a conflagration in Europe rages.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
However, the annual mushers banquet in Anchorage won’t happen as usual on the Thursday before the race.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2021
Our state government agency generally has an annual awards banquet off-site in December.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
Roy and others who work for the chamber and Visit Sitka were at Centennial Hall Sunday cleaning up from the chamber awards banquet the night before, and were stunned when the messages started coming in.
—Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2020
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“Banquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banquet. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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