Definition of "banqueting"

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]

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Peter 4:3

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

It is no proof of generosity (say the objectors) to take the bread of the laborer, to lavish it in banquetings on the rich.

1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus‎