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guestmeal

noun

Etymology

From guest + meal. Compare German Gastmahl (“guestmeal”).

  1. derived from *meh₁-✻ — “to measure”
  2. inherited from *mēlą✻
  3. inherited from *māl✻
  4. inherited from mǣl — “measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”
  5. inherited from mel
  6. compounded as guestmeal — “guest + meal”

Definitions

  1. A meal in which there is at least one guest.

  2. A dinner party.

    • The Kingdom of God is like a guestmeal for people from all over the world [...]
    • So Nasir made an entertainment and said to Abdallah, ' O my brother, verily I am thy brother, and I would have thee and my brother Mensour heal my heart and eat of my guest-meal in my house, so I may glory in thee [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA