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Banket, Bancat, Banquet, n. Also: bankett, -eit, -it, -itt, bancket, bancett; bankat(t, bankcat; bankquet, bancquett, banqhet, banquit. [Late ME. banket (1483), e.m.E. bancquet, banquet, F. banquet.] A feast of a sumptuous or ceremonial character. Also fig., and attrib. with day.(a) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1511.
Blyndit with the blunder of that banket 1513 Doug. i. ix. 106.
Amyd the hie rufe of the mekill hall, For the banket, mony rich claith of pall Was spred Ib. vi. x. 68.
Eneas At banket on the greyn herbys set was 1531 Bell. Boece II. 152.
Kenneth … feistit thame within his palice be solempne banket 1535 Stewart 3596.
All the blythar wald the bankit be, That euerilk lord mycht luke on his ladie c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1558.
Ilk ȝeir, for his ladies saik Ane banket royall wald he maik 1551 Acts II. 488/2.
Prouyding … that this present act … stryke not vpone Ȝule and Pasche, patroun dayis … nor bankettis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 229/22.
The mariage and day of the banket, The King him self he gart deuise and set 1560–1 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 143.
I being occupyit with the preparatioune of the Cardinalis luging for the bankit [to the Queen] 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 67.
The toun of Edinburgh maid the banket to monsieur Domell … in ane honourable manner 1582 Inverness B. Rec. I. 291.
William Dict … payand … x s. for his intres and aucht merkis monye for his bankeit to the baillies and haill craft 1594 Conv. Burghs I. 430.
The barrouns and gentilmen hes … agreit to gif … to the bankets ky, oxin, scheip, wyld meitt, and sum syluer wark 1601 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 220.
They haue condiscendit, for honor of my lord Dwkes grace … to mak his lordschip ane bankett wpoun Setterdy nixt 1633 Spalding I. 39.
The toun of Edinburgh gave the King the banket, quhilk in ane dyning roume they had preparit —attrib. 1598 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 219.
[The council] ordanis the thesaurer to pay … to him ane croune for the banket day(b) 1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 64.
Item, … xx½ elne of Birge satin … to be v daunsing cotis agane the bancat c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 430.
To se quhat berne … forgeit is maist forcely, to furnyse a bancat In Venus chalmer 1513 Doug. xiii. ix. 5.
Onon the bankat and the mangeory For fest ryall accordyng, … was maid 1564–5 Breadalbane Lett. (Reg. H.).
Quhowsoun the bankat takis end we sall labour diligentlie thairin a1578 Pitsc. I. 244/5.
The king causit to mak ane gret triumphe and bancat 1581 Burne Disput. 183 b.
Thay cum to thair communione as to ane huntaris bankat 1594–5 Misc. Spald. C. V. 61.
At the gevin of the bankatt to my Lord Duke, ten pund weycht and a half a sucker 1601–2 Ib. 73.
For the bancat maid … to Mr. Thomas Barclaye, 7 lib.(c) 15.. Clar. ii. 1857.
Great was the banquit … With sweit love songs and cumlie minstrelly 1561–2 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 373.
vij stane and ane halfe of iron … , in raks to the banqhet 1570 Leslie 179.
Athair he maid bankquet to utheris in the fassione of his cuntrey, or ellis ressaved the lyk in the maner of Scotland 1581 Acts III. 221/2.
That na banquettis salbe at onie vpsittingis