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† conˈvival, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. convīvāl-is pertaining to a feast, f. convīva one who feasts with others, f. convīvĕre to live together.]
A. adj. Belonging to a feast; = convivial.
1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv, Yet as Herodotus tells us..the same [horse flesh] was a convival dish, and solemnly eaten at the feasts of their nativities. 1662Pearson Creed art. xii. 431 note, It is an old inscription, ‘Amici, dum vivimus vivamus’; as in the convivall wish, Ζήσειας. 1755Johnson, Convival, Convivial. 1755T. H. Croker tr. Ariosto's Orl. Fur. xiv. cix, Dulcet relicks of convival treat.
B. n. One who partakes of a feast; a guest.
1615G. Sandys Trav. 78 The number of the conuiuals at priuate entertainments exceeded not nine, nor were vnder three. |