Definition of "banqueting"
banqueting
noun
plural banquetings
The act of holding or participating in a banquet.
Quotations
Come, come, Thersites, help to trim my tent:This night in banqueting must all be spent.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]
Tis not to sit In place of worship at the royal masques, Their pastimes, plays, and Whitehall banquetings, For none of these, Nor yet to be seen whispering with some great one, Do I affect the favours of the court.
1818, Charles and Mary Lamb, “John Woodvil: A Tragedy”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV