banquet

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An elaborate, sumptuous repast.
2. n. A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion.
3. v. To honor at or partake of a banquet.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A feast; a rich entertainment of food and drink.
2. n. A light entertainment at the end of a feast; a dessert; a refection at which wine is drunk.
3. n. A slight repast between meals: sometimes called running banquet.
4. n. In fortification, same as banquette, 1.
5. n. A small rod-shaped part of a horse's bridle coming under the eye. Synonyms Feast, Festival, etc. See feast.
6. To treat with a feast or rich entertainment.
7. To feast; regale one's self with good eating and drinking; fare daintily.
8. To take part in a light refection after a feast. See banquet, n., 2.

Wiktionary

1. n. A large celebratory meal; a feast.
2. v. To participate in a banquet; to feast.
3. v. obsolete To have dessert after a feast.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
2. n. obsolete A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.
3. v. To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
4. v. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
5. v. obsolete To partake of a dessert after a feast.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. provide a feast or banquet for
2. n. a ceremonial dinner party for many people
3. n. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
4. v. partake in a feast or banquet