mangery
English
Etymology
From Middle English mangerie, from Old French mangerie (“eating”).
Noun
mangery (plural mangeries)
- (obsolete) A feast; a banquet.
- 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 6:
- Hollanders, Zelanders, Scots, French, Weſterne men, Northren men, beſides all the hundreds and wapentakes nine miles compaſſe, fetch the beſt of their viands and mangery from her market.
Middle English
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