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/ˈsʌpə/, U.S. /ˈsəpər/ 1. Christian Church. Usually with capital initial.
a. The last meal taken by Jesus with the Apostles before his crucifixion, at which he instituted the Eucharist (see sense 1b). Usually more fully the (also †his) Last Supper; (also) a representation of this.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > Last supper
suppera1300
Cenec1320
Maundya1325
Maundy supper1532
a1300 Passion our Lord l. 90 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 40 (MED) Þo vre louerd wes isethe to his supere [rhyme ihere].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 Hueruore he zede to his apostles þe niȝt of þe sopiere, [etc.].
a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) p. 2 (heading) Now of þe soper of oure lorde Ihesu.
a1450 in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 104 Lyueliche quyk bred..Whyche in þe table of þe holy sopere, Wiþ-outen doute was ȝouen oure fay.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 362 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 73 At his laste super sine sad he..‘ane of ȝou betrese me sall.’
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 59 The place of Iudas, ther as he satte at the soper.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 35 Most best belovid & beste be-triste, Which at his last soper did lye on his breste.
1611 T. Tuke in tr. St. Vincent of Lérins Disc. conc. True, Anc. & Catholicke Faith To Rdr. sig. A9 Christ sate or lay at his last Supper:..it is not only possible or probable, but certaine that he vsed a table gesture at that his last Supper.
1693 S. Wesley Life our Blessed Lord viii. 276 Our Lord, who knew the Pow'r and Rage of Hell, Takes his last Supper and his last Farewel.
1730 C. Lamotte Ess. Poetry & Painting 83 The Posture or table Gesture in The Picture of the Last Supper.
1783 Pract. & Binding Obligation of following Christ's Inst. & Example iv. ii. 100 Our Lord, when instituting his last supper, just before his death, entertained his friends and followers with a mere sound and empty form.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 339/2 In 1497 he [sc. Leonardo da Vinci] commenced his celebrated painting of the Last Supper, on a wall of the refectory of the Dominican convent of the Madonna delle Grazie.
1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 94 Above is the Last Supper, Christ blessing little children, and other beautiful tableaux in stone.
1913 G. Edmundson Church Rome First Cent. vi. 152 It was after the Supper on the last night of the Lord's earthly life.
1964 M. L. von Franz in C. G. Jung et al. Man & his Symbols iii. 234 King Arthur's round table..itself is an image derived from the table of the Last Supper.
2007 Church Times 5 Apr. 2/3 The Last Supper and the Passion of Christ could now be texted on phones around the world, after an art student has depicted the story of Holy Week and Easter in emoticons.
b. The Eucharist, Holy Communion. The source of this sense is 1 Corinthians 11:20, where the term is by many taken to include the agape and the Eucharist.
(a) Full forms: the Lord's Supper, the Supper of the Lord; also the Dominical Supper.The Lord's Supper is typically used by Protestants: compare note at sense 1b(b).
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun]
massOE
servicelOE
sacrament?c1225
table1340
commoningc1384
the Lord's Supperc1384
Eucharista1400
oblation?a1425
communion1440
sacrifice?1504
Lord's Table1533
Maundy1533
the Supper?1548
unbloody sacrifice1548
mystery1549
communication1550
banquet1563
liturgy1564
table service1593
synaxis1625
mysteriousness1650
second service1655
nagmaal1833
ordinance1854
table prayer1858
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xi. 20 Therfore ȝou comynge to gidere into oon, now it is not for to ete the Lordis sopere [L. Dominicam cenam].
1533 W. Tyndale (title) The supper of the Lorde After the true meanyng of the Sixte of Iohn and the .xi of the fyrst Epistle to the Corhinthians.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) f. cxxj (heading) The Svpper of the Lorde, and the holy Communion, commonly called the Masse.
1553 Articles agreed on by Bishoppes 1552 xxix The Sacramente of the Lordes supper [L. Sacramentum Eucharistiae].
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. f. ccccliiv S. Ihon Chrisostom..hath these wordes. Forasmuch as it is the dominical supper, yt is to say, the lords, it ought to be common.
1645 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Bad Times iv. ii. 197 The Lords Supper, ordained by our Saviour to conjoyn our Affections, hath disjoyned our Judgements.
1686 J. Bunyan Bk. for Boys & Girls xiv. 17 Two Sacraments I do believe there be, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord: Both Mysteries divine, which do to me, By Gods appointment, benefit afford.
1718 S. Adams Plain & Full Instr. of Princ. & Doctr. Christian Relig. 106 My Thoughts must not rest on that Outward Part, but by Faith be carried to the Things signified, to those Inward and Spiritual Graces which are annexed to them by Christ Himself; the New Birth in Baptism; the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
1764 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. (1833) i. iv. §7. 36/2 Of the bread and wine presented in these offerings, such a quantity was separated from the rest as was required in the administration of the Lord's supper.
1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 281 If the Dominical Supper be a feast upon a sacrifice.
1852 Evergreen Nov. 342/2 If, because of unworthiness, we must abstain from the Supper of the Lamb on earth, how hardly can we hope for admission to that in heaven!
1878 T. L. Cuyler Pointed Papers 148 The Lord's Supper is the monument of the Atonement.
1911 J. J. Lanier Church Universal iii. xx. 259 The Protestant Episcopal Church does not say how many sacraments there are in the Christian Church, but teaches that there are two only as generally necessary to salvation—Baptism and the Supper of the Lord.
1952 Life 17 Nov. 107/1 Those whom the minister deemed unfit to receive the Lord's Supper were forbidden to come to the table, and thus were ‘fenced off’ from the worthy.
1995 B. Chilton in J. B. Green Hearing New Test. iii. 52 Whenever exactly Paul understood the bread to have been eaten in relation to other foods, his abstraction of the ‘dominical supper’ from an actual meal by means of his rendering of the Petrine tradition is evident.
2008 G. T. Smith Lord's Supper Introd. 11 What does the Christian and the Christian in community gain from participation in the Lord's Supper?
(b) Simply the Supper. N.E.D. (1917) says: ‘The short form, the Supper, has been favoured by extreme Protestants since the 16th century.’
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun]
massOE
servicelOE
sacrament?c1225
table1340
commoningc1384
the Lord's Supperc1384
Eucharista1400
oblation?a1425
communion1440
sacrifice?1504
Lord's Table1533
Maundy1533
the Supper?1548
unbloody sacrifice1548
mystery1549
communication1550
banquet1563
liturgy1564
table service1593
synaxis1625
mysteriousness1650
second service1655
nagmaal1833
ordinance1854
table prayer1858
1533 W. Tyndale (title) The supper of the Lorde After the true meanyng of the Sixte of Iohn and the .xi of the fyrst Epistle to the Corhinthians,..incidently in the exposition of the supper: is confuted the letter of master More against Iohn Fryth.]
?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. D.iii I haue declared whense thys calamitie in ye papisticall churche, that the people doth all the yeare longe abstayne frome the communion of the supper, had hys begynnynge: because it is counted as a sacrifice whyche one man muste offer vp in the name of the whole multitude.
1590 Articles against Cartwright in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 198 The Censures, and keyes of the Church, as publick admonition, suspension from the Supper, and from execution of offices ecclesiastical.
1600 J. Pory tr. M. Dresser Relation Christian Relig. in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 401 Neither do they eleuate or holde vp the sacrament of the supper [L. sacramentum Eucharistiae], as the masse-priests do: nor applie the same to redeeme dead mens soules from the paines of purgatorie.
1763 W. Crookshank tr. H. Witsius Oeconomy of Covenants (new ed.) III. iv. xvii. 1237 It was likewise instituted in the very night in which he was betrayed,..and which was the last before his death; hence this most sacred feast was constantly called the Supper.
1831 Millennial Harbinger (Bethany, Va.) 7 Feb. 67 And as to the commemorative action, which is now commonly called the Supper, who can read its original institution by Christ himself..and not see..that it was in Paul's day performed with no such formalities, pomp, ostentation, and parade, as most denominations now perform it.
1861 W. L. Alexander & D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 1st Division I. 167 We shall..not say too much if we designate the Supper the climax of the ancient Christian worship.
1908 Expositor May 423 Baptism and the Supper are perpetually present in the Church.
1967 E. J. F. Arndt Font & Table vi. 60 The sacrament of the Supper observed in the Churches today rests upon an observance of the post-Easter Church.
2009 W. R. Godfrey John Calvin vii. 95 He taught that..there were extreme Zwinglians who tended to make the Supper nothing more than a memorial meal.
c. † (a) Our Lord's Supper Day: Maundy Thursday. [after post-classical Latin cena Domini (a636 in Isidore).] Obsolete.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Thursday in
Sheer Thursdayc1200
Maundy Thursday1440
Skire Thursday?c1450
Cene Thursday1483
Skere Thursday1498
Our Lord's Supper Daya1500
Maudlin Thursday1517
Shrove Thursday1518
begging Thursday1546
mandate Thursday1546
Holy Thursday1590
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 125 Schere Þursday..in holy chyrch hit is called our Lordys supperday.
(b) Lord's Supper day: (among Nonconformists) a day on which the Lord's Supper is celebrated. Now rare.
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1683 O. Heywood Narr. Holy Life John Angier (new ed.) 75 He did not of late years preach that day he administred the Lords Supper; the last Supper-day, was August 12, 1677. and the next Lords-day after, he preached one part of the day.]
1737 M. Maurice Social Relig. Exemplify'd iv. 207 Their monthly Church-meeting Days discretionally fix'd the fifth Day of the Week before their Lord's Supper Day.
1786 R. Robinson Sixteen Discourses Several texts Scripture Pref. p. iii Persons, who could attend the publick worship in town only occasionally, some once a month on the Lord's supper day.
1814 A. Fuller Let. 11 May in Baptist Mag. (1815) July 273/1 Then I must return and be at Kettering by the 26th, which is our Lord's supper day.
1895 Chron. London Missionary Soc. Sept. 234/1 I was married in the year 1854, and lived a happy married life till 1884, when my dear wife died—our Lord's Supper day—just after the service.
2. The last meal of the day; (contextually) the time at which this is eaten, supper time. Also: the food eaten at such a meal. Often without determiner.The time and style of ‘supper’ varies according to history, geography, and social factors. For much of its history, ‘supper’ was simply the last of three daily meals (breakfast, dinner, and supper), whether constituting the main meal or not. In the United States, ‘supper’ is now a less frequent synonym for ‘dinner’ as the evening meal. Where both ‘supper’and ‘dinner’ can be applied to the last of three meals, supper is often a lighter or less formal affair than dinner (though see sense 2b). Where four meals a day are recognized, ‘supper’ is a light late meal or snack following an early evening dinner or a late afternoon or early evening ‘tea’.
a. Generally.Often as the second element of compounds, as (with specification of style or service) buffet, Dutch, fork, picnic, tray supper, etc., (time or place) nursery, Sunday supper, etc., (content) meat, oyster, sandwich supper, etc.: see the first element.
(a) Without determiner.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > evening meal or supper
supperc1300
collationc1305
mid-dinnera1500
Sunday suppera1580
supper1598
evening meal1620
late dinner1649
ordinary suppera1661
petit souper1751
souper1787
ball supper1794
tray supper1825
kitchen supper1837
bump supper1845
evenmeat1848
tea-dinner1862
luncheon1903
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > tea
tea1738
high tea1787
tea and turn out1806
supper1818
tousy tea1835
meat tea1842
thé complet1856
low tea1883
thick tea1886
tea-supper1892
cream tea1964
c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) 221 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 225 (MED) Þe monekes wende to bedde & slepe þo soper was ido.
?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne l. 20 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 145 (MED) Þe met is trie, þe drink is clere To none, russin, and sopper.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Ellesmere) (1874) l. 1189 He shewed hym er he wente to Sopeer Forestes, Parkes, ful of wilde deer.
1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 356 Both at meet and soupier.
c1450 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 31 At mete & at soper kepe þee stille & softe.
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 21 (MED) He to prey for my soule at euery meel, mete or sopeer.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 24 They wente home and unarmed them, and so to evynsonge and souper.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1180 To souppar went and tymysly thai slepe.
1561 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 84 Quhy mak ȝe ȝour communioun afoir dennar, sen our Saluiour institutit His haly sacrament efter suppare?
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 223 The Coilȝear tald Mony sindrie taillis efter Suppair.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 233 When Beastes most grase, Birdes best pecke, and Men sit downe to that nourishment which is called Supper . View more context for this quotation
1606 L. Bryskett Disc. Ciuill Life 97 After dinner a man should sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 26 Is't farre you ride? Ban. As farre, my Lord, as will fill vp the time 'Twixt this, and Supper . View more context for this quotation
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 178 Our vsuall time..for supper..[is] about six.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 205 One, who at sight of Supper open'd wide His Jaws before, and Whetted Grinders try'd.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. vi. 51 He sate down to supper among us, and my wife was not sparing of her gooseberry wine.
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 25 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 315 We were most hospitably received by the master and mistress, who were just going to bed, but, with unaffected ready kindness, made a good fire, and at twelve o'clock at night had supper on the table.
1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 33 Seppear, supper.
1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 44 A mechanic..has 3 meals a-day, coffee with fish or meat for breakfast; a hot dinner; and tea (called supper) in the evening.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor I. vii Well, Caleb, my old friend, is there any chance of supper?
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. iv. 65 At last hunger sent him home to supper.
1864 J. C. Geikie George Stanley viii. 156 I..chatted..till tea, or as they called it, supper.
1913 Outlook for Blind Autumn 76/1 Supper and dinner were both served on the grounds and the outing was pronounced a great success by all.
1923 ‘K. Mansfield’ Doves' Nest 149 Then she called me to supper and we sat down. I suppose we ate some cold meat and salad... Then she got up, changed the plates, and went to the larder for the pudding.
1958 G. Greene Our Man in Havana iii. iii. 132 A week later he took Beatrice out to supper at a fish-restaurant near the harbour.
2009 A. Fournier Prison Mem. 5 ‘Jug up’, (juice and cookies) is at 7pm. And supper is at 5 pm.
(b) With determiner or in plural.to sing for one's supper: see sing v.1 1d.
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c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1762 (MED) Hauelok he gladlike under-stod..And dide greyþe a super riche.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xiv. 24 Noone of tho men that ben clepid, schal taaste my souper [L. cenam meam].
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 44 Alle was wele, tille euen after þe soupere He ȝede about, & plaied with þo þat were him nere.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 829 Þenne seten þay at þe soper, wern serued by-lyue.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Ellesmere) (1868) l. 799 Which of yow that bereth hym best of alle..Shal haue a soper at oure aller cost.
a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 1582 Þat euer-ilkon wil of hir laue Þe third part til hir sopper saue.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 123 A Supper, cena.
a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) l. 338 Dame Gaynour and alle, Went..To þe suppere.
a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 141 (MED) Anon vpon ther soper was redy.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xiv. f. cv When thou makest a diner, or a supper: call not thy frendes..lest they bidde the agayne, and make the recompence.
1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 10v These two bold winged rauenors, seeking in the Summer euening for their..Supper.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. C4v The copper fact rascal wil for a good supper out sweare twelue dozen of graund Iuryes.
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 3 Sweet Almonds..are commonly allowed by Physicians, to be eaten with a few Raisins..for a Supper.
1723 T. Hearne Diary 18 Jan. in Reliquiae Hearnianae (1857) II. 486 'Tis usual with the fellows and their friends to have a supper, and to sit up all night drinking and singing.
1769 Med. Observ. & Inq. (ed. 2) III. 357 On Friday night he ate his supper heartily.
1796 Count Rumford Essays I. iii. v. 242 The piece of dry rye-bread,..which is given them in their hands, at dinner, but which they seldom eat at dinner, but commonly carry home in their pockets for their suppers.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. xiv. 337 She was..most unsentimentally employed in swallowing a very hearty supper.
1856 G. Hepburn Let. 28 June in Jrnl. G. Hepburn (1934) 161 The supper consisted of roast beef, boiled mutton, steak and kaka pies,..port and sherry wines, brandy, Scotch Whisky in abundance.
1881 V. Pyke & T. Talbot White Hood & Blue Cap 12 [Jim was] busily engaged in cooking the savoury chops which formed the basis of their frugal supper.
1905 R. Bagot Passport x. 90 After a late dinner which was practically merely a supper.
1924 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 8 Apr. 31 As usual the ladies provided a plentiful supper which was handed round during the interval.
1963 M. Gallant in New Yorker 14 Dec. 56/2 At the kitchen table, Sandra and Jennifer, in buttonless pajamas and bunny slippers, ate their supper of marmalade sandwiches and milk.
2008 H. Kureishi Something to tell You xiv. 121 For them, known as the ‘chattering classes’, life was a round of breakfasts, brunches, lunches, teas, suppers, dinners and late suppers in the increasing number of new London restaurants.
b. Such a meal made the occasion of a social or festive gathering, sometimes for fund-raising.American, bump-, hay-home, wedding-supper, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > evening meal or supper
supperc1300
collationc1305
mid-dinnera1500
Sunday suppera1580
supper1598
evening meal1620
late dinner1649
ordinary suppera1661
petit souper1751
souper1787
ball supper1794
tray supper1825
kitchen supper1837
bump supper1845
evenmeat1848
tea-dinner1862
luncheon1903
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. i. 122 After a banket on the birth day of Augusta.., he tearmed that a Nouendinale supper [L. novendialem..cenam], or belonging to a mortuary.
1619 J. Chamberlain Let. 24 Apr. (1939) II. 233 On Tewsday night our artillerie men made them a great supper there, with a warlike daunce or maske of twelve men in compleat armor.
1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 29 Sept. (O.H.S.) II. 54 He would not have Act Suppers any more.
1752 London Mag. June 318/1 This ceremony was follow'd by a magnificent dinner; the princess presented a fine brilliant to col. York, who gave a grand supper and ball in the evening.
1774 tr. C. Pinot-Duclos Pleasures of Retirement 98 Such an infinite number of suppers were each day proposed to me, I confess I did not always find them so agreeable as they were reported to be.
1808 Port Folio 15 Oct. 247/2 Oliver [Goldsmith]..had one day imprudently invited a party of both sexes to a supper and ball in his rooms.
1831 J. Jekyll Let. 27 Jan. in Corr. (1894) 267 At a supper he hobnobbed with Lady Dudley Stuart.
1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 294/2 The photographing of evening parties, suppers, and weddings.
1925 News Bull. Italy Amer. Soc. Oct. 1 After the performance the members of the Italy America Society were invited to a supper in honor of the artists and Directors of the Opera Association.
1962 Billboard Music Week 8 Dec. 26/2 There's nothing synthetic about MacColl's brogue, which is as authentic as a haggis at a Burns Supper.
2005 M. C. Ménager Fine Haitian Cuisine 417 In Haiti, there are two traditional midnight suppers, one on Christmas Eve and one on New Year's Eve. They usually last until dawn. The following is an example of menu served during those celebrations.
3. figurative or in figurative contexts, and allusively. to go to supper with the devil (and variants): to go to hell; to do something that has disastrous consequences. Cf. sup v.2 2.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [verb (intransitive)] > go to
to go to supper with the devil1529
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > suffer reprobation [verb (intransitive)]
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leesec1175
perishc1275
to go to supper with the devil1529
damn1620
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xix. 17 Come ȝe, and be ȝe gederid to gydere to the greet soper of God [L. cenam magnam Dei].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xix. 9 Blessid thei, that ben clepid to the soper of weddingis of the lomb [1611 King James the marriage supper of the Lambe; L. cenam nuptiarum Agni].
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 107 Þyse ilk renkez þat me renayed habbe..Schul neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. ss.vi v Ye dyner or ye souper of paradyse.
1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader xl. sig. Mvi Not withstondinge it is to be feared that they go to supper with the devill.
1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. Q2 The quene and the ladies put them againe to gether for to geue vnto Affranio a verrey bitter sopper.
1592 Arden of Feversham v. i. 188 But wherefore do you bring him hether now? You haue giuen me my supper with his sight.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. v. 84 To London, and as I gesse, to Make a bloudie supper in the Tower.
a1629 T. Goffe Trag. of Orestes (1633) v. vi. sig. I2 Old Strophius dead from griefe; and murder heapt, Corps vpon corps, as if they ment t'inuite, All hell to supper, or som Iouiall night.
1674 C. F. Wit at Venture 68 For had they pist the puddle higher, It might have quite put out the fire, And if the cloth had soon been lay'd, The Devil had for his Supper stay'd.
1732 H. Fielding Old Debauchees i. viii. 10 I'll carbonade the Villain, I'll make a Ragout for the Devil's Supper of him.
1766 R. Rogers Ponteach i. iii. 14 I swear I'll blow 'em hence with Cannon Ball, And give the Devil an Hundred for his Supper.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘To set one his supper’, to do a feat which another cannot or dare not do.
1861 J. Haig Philosophy viii. 230 On that fatal evening the family of mankind assembled to a bitter supper.
1888 ‘Almhain’ Jewels of Prince de Janville xiv. 170 Malediction on the pair of you, I would send her to keep company with you at supper with the devil, but that to send his majesty two idiots in one day might offend him.
1912 W. R. Lighton Billy Fortune xiii. 101 ‘I made it for you. It's angel-food.’.. I didn't look at the cake; I was lookin' down in her lovely, shinin' eyes. ‘I've been eatin' my whole supper in heaven ever since you come down,’ I says to her.
1990 Messenger—Football Times (Nexis) 16 Aug. Port Adelaide has sold its proud tradition for pieces of silver and gone to supper with the Devil.
2004 P. Neville Mussolini vi. 135 In exchange for this, Mussolini had been able to pose as the conqueror of Ethiopia and had gained domestic plaudits, but he was to rue taking supper with the devil in the years to come.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > other types of dish
spice-plate1391
pie plate1573
maple dish1637
cheese platea1665
supper dish1664
copperplate1665
reaming dish1712
paper plate1723
pickle leaf1762
pap-boat1782
supper1787
vegetable dish1799
well-dish1814
ice plate1820
pudding plate1838
tea plate1862
picnic plate1885
strawberry dish1941
1787 in H. Owen Two Cent. Ceramic Art Bristol (1873) 348 6 doz. Table Plates,..4 doz. Soups,..3 doz. Suppers.
1808 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1932) 68 304 From M. Marston, she purchased..2 dozen suppers,..and pitchers.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive. † supper sherry n. Obsolete
supper bell n.
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1745 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. II. 133/1 This princess sent him daily Presents, amongst the rest two Pintado-Birds, Cock and Hen, so tame, that they eat off his Plate; and if they flew ashore, came back to the Bark as soon as ever they heard the Dinner or Supper-Bell.
1770 P. V. Fithian Let. 30 Nov. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 9 About seven the supper Bell rings.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 29 The boys' supper-bell resounded in the hall.
1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. iii. 77 Walking on toward the brazen sound of Mrs. Littlejohn's supper-bell.
2010 C. E. Martin Farewell to Bill & Nell & their Adventures 71 Finally she pulled the supper bell and rang, bringing families in wondering how they could endure another meal of wall scrappings.
supper board n. now literary or historical
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1798 Oracle & Public Advertiser (London) 18 May Plenty, in the Character of Spring, presides at the Supper Board.
1800 W. Wordsworth Michael in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 204 Their labour did not cease, unless when all Turn'd to their cleanly supper-board.
1918 G. Frankau One of Them xx. 154 Gay with a thousand supper-boards, whose drink Was poured to rag-time tunes by Herman Finck.
2008 N. McKenzie Guinevere's Gift xxv. 196 She did not pull away from his touch but turned smoothly toward the supper board and reached for a flagon of warmed wine.
supper box n. [ < supper n.1 + box n.2 (compare sense 18 at that entry)] now historical
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1791 Ranelagh (single sheet) [To be] opened at Ten, and the Supper Boxes precisely at One.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 215 A numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen..had rushed from their half-emptied stout mugs in the supper boxes.
1996 J. Johnston Captive xiv. 303 She was in no hurry to get back to the supper box until she could get her tears under control.
supper fruit n. literary chiefly with allusion to quot. 1667.
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 331 To thir Supper Fruits they fell. View more context for this quotation
1854 Chambers' Repository 1 14 They sat them down by a fountain side, reclining on the downy bank damasked with flowers; and while partaking of the supper-fruits, all the beasts of the earth frisked around them—lions, bears, leopards, kids, and lambs.
1959 E. Dorn in Big Table No. 3. 105 Across the road in the strawberrie field two children are stealing their supper fruit.
1974 PMLA 89 533/2 The descriptions of the hostelry and the bower bear closer comparison, and there are also similarities in their meals of supper-fruits and the praises for their loved ones spoken by Eve and Atala.
supper gong n.
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1847 New Hampsh. Statesman 22 Oct. The final crash of the..supper-gong.
1912 C. Lockhart Lady Doc xxv. 292 There's the supper gong. Don't wait for me.
2008 J. Gregson East of Sun (2009) iv. 20 She looked back at the house and thought of all the life that had gone on there: the laughter and the rows.., the blissful sound of the supper gong [etc.].
supper hall n.
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1789 T. Holcroft tr. Frederic II Corr. VII. cxcv. 275 The supper-hall was a temple, in which sacrifice was offered to you.
1848 Boston Daily Atlas 1 Sept. 2/4 The tables..when seen from a gallery at the end of the supper hall, presented a coup d'œil.
1918 M. Z. Doty Behind Battle Line v. 55 Beyond the throne room stretched the long supper hall.
2008 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 34 Soldiers Memorial Hall (with adjacent supper hall).
supper hour n.
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1742 tr. C. Rollin Rom. Hist. V. xvii. iii. 390 The supper hour was the ninth and tenth of the day, that is three hours, or else two hours, before sun-set.
1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story IV. iv. 57 He remained there till he considered it would be ill manners in his present humiliated situation, not to show himself at the usual supper hour, which was immediately.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. x. 227 Previous inquiries..about the supper-hour . View more context for this quotation
a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 557/2 Eight—the supper hour.
1901 J. Venn Biogr. Hist. Gonville & Caius College III. 184 The supper hour doubtless shifted onwards in correspondence with the dinner.
2008 R. La Point Oshkosh d. xix. 81 It was nearing the supper hour on this warm spring day in 1942 when my mother instructed me to..fetch my two older brothers home for the evening meal.
supper light n.
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c1524 in Western Antiq. (1883) July 68/2 Two doz. supper lights for Twelfth day, weighing 5lb., 3s. 9d.
1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 148 Three candelstickes for soper lightes wrethid.
1874 tr. Pliny in Countess Minto Life & Lett. Sir G. Elliott I. 132 M. Lollius, disgraced for receiving bribes from all the princes of the East,..poisoned himself, that his niece might be gazed at by the supper-lights decked out in 400,000 sesterces' worth of jewels.
1954 D. Richie Diary 27 Dec. in Tokyo Jrnl. (2005) 58 In the distance, russet mountains, the houses all black, still too early for the supper lights.
1991 A. R. Siddons Outer Banks (1992) vi. 190 Across the street, Harry's glowed bright with supper lights.
supper meal n.
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1717 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Le B. de Fontenelle Lives French, Ital., & German Philosophers i. 138 He began to retrench his Supper Meals, and even to diminish by little and little those of Dinner.
1794 J. Holt Gen. View Agric. Lancaster 24 And this [sc. oatmeal], eaten with suet, or butter-milk, small-beer sweetened with treacle, or treacle only, was in many families, about forty years ago, both the breakfast and supper meal.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 229 Durward..assigned his former pretext of a headach for not joining the household of the Bishop at the supper-meal.
1892 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 38 289 Since the supper meal has been given at seven p.m. the patients have been less restless at night.
1994 Record (Kitchener–Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 29 June c1 After many months of..rushing supper meals and driving madly to get to the dance studio on time for lessons, we have reached the time of the very climactic dance recital.
supper money n.
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1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos iv. ii, in Terence in Eng. 236 I will conuey into my fingers againe that supper money that would so faine be gone.
1753 T. Richards Antiquæ Linguæ Britannicæ Thes. Arian Cwynos, supper money. Money paid on set times, by gentlemen and freeholders, towards the maintenance of the officers of the court.
1894 Methodist Mag. Jan. 91 Miss Chip was calming a little after her tempest, when a big bricklayer came up to pay his supper money.
1993 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 July 15 Two teenage muggers who battered a 60-year-old railway porter to death for his supper money were detained indefinitely yesterday.
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1864 G. O. Trevelyan Lett. from Competition Wallah viii, in Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 210/1 A four hours' lounge in a back drawing-room, sweetened by fine supper-sherry at twenty-eight and six.
1867 Punch 3 Aug. 50/2 Educated Brown said, ‘He is rather fond of his supercherie.’ ‘More than I am of his supper-sherry,’ said facetious Robinson.
supper table n.
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1636 D. Calderwood Re-exam. Five Articles enacted at Perth ii. ii. 28 (heading) Kneeling in the act of receaving is not sutable with the forme of a banquet, or use of a supper-table.
1768 Rules & Regulations in E. Bayly Serm. preached on Opening Chapel Magdalen Asylum 8 The Bell to ring at halfan hour past 9' o Clock, to call them all to the supper Table.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xviii. 419 Round the supper-table appeared a group of faces, smiling with felicity.
1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. vi. 174 In one of the principal hotels..sitting at a neatly-ordered supper-table.
1938 E. H. Short & A. Compton-Rickett Ring up Curtain xvii. 272 The supper tables were decorated with coloured balloons.
2007 D. Rogers Printer's Devil ii. 13 Most of the time when at the supper table at Billy's house, Leroy just sat and listened.
supper things n. [ < supper n.1 + the plural of thing n.1 (compare sense 12d at that entry)]
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1750 W. Lucas Five Weeks Tour to Paris 13 If you have any odd Thing for Supper, as a Partridge, Pigeon, Chicken, a bit of Fish or so, the Cook will make you a Bill for those Supper Things.
1768 Adventures Miss Lucy Watson xxiv. 150 While the maid left the supper things, I examined the side board she brought up, and seeing three or four pair of clean knives and forks, I secreted one of the latter, as the best weapon I could find.
c1825 M. M. Sherwood Penny Tract 10 She was putting away the supper-things.
1902 A. Bennett Anna of Five Towns xi. 271 The supper things were cleared away.
1997 R. Tremain Way I found Her (1998) iii. 259 We were loading our supper things into Moinel's dishwasher when we came to this agreement.
supper tray n.
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1798 G. Cumberland Captive Castle Sennaar 72 A fascinating gaiety accompanied their deportment, and every one said something archly as they passed in with the supper-trays.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 74 Monitors, fetch the supper-trays!
1909 W. J. Dawson Masterman & Son i. v. 66 She re-entered the room at that moment, carrying a supper-tray.
2007 C. Harris Ice Cold Grave v. 77 I dozed off for a little while, until the supper tray came.
b. Objective, with agent noun.
supper-eater n.
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?1754 Mock Monarchs II. ix. 142 It is the general Observation amongst us, even to a Proverb, that your Supper-eaters are Men of heavy Genius, unqualified for Thought, and a lumpish, worthless Generation.
1799 T. R. Malthus Diary 29 May (1966) 37 We told him that we were no supper eaters.
1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge xxiii Supper-eaters do not live long.
1903 E. W. Hamilton Strawberry Leaves 213 While her mouth was busy with the first duty of all mouths, her eyes were equally busy taking furtive professional stock of the rest of the supper-eaters present.
2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 13 Dec. 14 It slightly overran its time so the group did not retire to the pub until 9.30pm where..John Clayton was dubbed Lord of Misrule for the night, presiding over 23 supper-eaters.
supper-lover n.
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1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. xvi. 257 Miserable supper lovers that we are.
1982 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 4 Oct. 27/4 Supper lover in Omaha.
C2. † supper-sabbath n. Obsolete rare = communion Sunday n. at communion n. Compounds 2.† supper while n. Obsolete = supper time n.
supper bar n. a bar or counter in a hotel, etc., or a small restaurant, where suppers are served.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > bar in restaurant
supper bar1859
1859 Era 27 Mar. 1/2 Bedford Head Tavern... Luncheon and Supper Bar.
1884 H. Lloyd Captivity James Towker xix. 310 They next proceeded to a supper-bar, and had something to refresh the inner man.
1920 J. F. C. Fuller Tanks in Great War vii. 71 Cinema theatres were also established at the Depot,..being bought out of funds provided by the canteens' [sic] and supper bars.
1999 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 12 Jan. 5 The pub's landlord..reassured the committee that the venue was being aimed at the over-25s and would function more as a supper bar than a disco.
supper bed n. now rare †(a) Roman History = supper couch n. (obsolete); (b) a similar piece of modern furniture.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > for reclining at meals
dining bed1577
triclinium1646
feast-beda1661
supper beda1661
table couch1783
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 215 Supper-beds,..Whose Brass-Front shew'd an Asse's vile head Crown'd.
1751 Earl of Orrery in tr. Pliny the Younger Lett. (Dublin ed.) II. ix. xxxvi. 315 Scipio Africanus first introduced the supper-beds; which, as they came from Carthage, were called lecti Punicani, or Archaici.
2003 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. 8 When did you last experience sartorial embarrassment? At Blakes in Amsterdam. Reclining on their ‘supper’ beds in the restaurant, I took my shoes off to reveal one blue sock and one black one.
supper club n. (a) a club whose members meet for supper; (b) a restaurant or nightclub serving suppers and usually providing entertainment.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gathering at a tavern, etc.
club1648
Kommers1839
supper club1844
commers1854
Kneipe1854
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > nightlife > [noun] > nightclub
finish1796
café chantant1854
nightclub1871
bottle party1903
lokal1903
cabaret1912
boîte1922
supper club1927
nitery1929
hot spot1930
spot1930
clip-joint1933
nightspot1936
night box1938
Nachtlokal1939
partouze1959
1844 T. S. Munden Mem. Joseph Shepherd Munden ii. 38 The Supper Club.
1847 R. F. Williams Strawberry Hill vi. 41 The supper-club at ‘the Admiral Vernon’.
1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Dec. (1965) 313 I don't think I'll dare attend that supper club again.
1967 L. Thomas Delmonico's ii. vii. 143 In 1874 Harry Montague was playing in New York, and..regularly dropped in at Delmonico's for an afternoon-performance snack. Just before Christmas in that year, he proposed to other homesick theatrical exiles that they form a supper club on the model of The Lambs at home.
2002 Toronto Star 12 Dec. j1/1 The supper club is hot on Thursday nights when the bar action is often six deep in young flesh.
supper couch n. Roman History a couch for reclining on at meals.
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a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 51 Some great ones drinking so hard, that they even leak'd on their supper couches.
1832 Tatler 9 Feb. 133/2 The ottoman on which I reclined might have made an old Roman spurn his supper couch.
1922 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 388 After the servant had disposed of the table and the supper couches, they drew chairs toward each other and fell into conversation, while from the atrium floated in the soft refrain of a favorite psalm of Paul's.
2006 S. Oden Memnon xi. 205 Iron cressets cast hazy light over six supper couches, arranged in a semicircle around the sparkling fountain.
supper dance n. (a) one of an evening's dances after which the men escort their partners to supper; (b) a dancing party at which supper is served.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]
dance of Macabre?c1430
springc1450
lege de moya1529
bobc1550
lusty gallant1569
duret1613
fading1613
huckler1617
ground-measure1621
entry1631
slatter de pouchc1640
ballo1651
Irish trot1651
omnium gatheruma1652
clutterdepouch1652
upspring1654
passacaglia1659
shuffle1659
passacaille1667
flip-flap1676
chaconne1685
charmer1702
Cheshire-round1706
Louvre1729
stick dance1730
white joke1730
baby dance1744
Nancy Dawson1766
fricassee1775
bumpkin1785
Totentanz1789
Flora('s) dance1790
goombay1790
egg-dance1801
supper dance1820
Congo dance1823
slip-jig1829
bran-dance1833
roly-poly1833
Congo1835
mazy1841
furry1848
bull-dance1855
stampede1856
double-shuffling1859
frog dance1863
hokee-pokee1873
plait dance1876
slow dancing1884
snake dance1895
beast dance1900
soft-shoe1900
cakewalk1902
floral dance1911
snake dance1911
apache dance1912
grizzly bear1912
jazz dance1917
jazz dancing1917
jazz1919
wine-dance1920
camel-walk1921
furry dance1928
snake-dance1931
pas d'action1936
trance dancing1956
touch dance1965
hokey-cokey1966
moonwalk1969
moonwalking1983
Crip Walk1989
mapantsula1990
society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > at which food is served
thé dansant1817
tea dance1885
supper dance1913
tango tea1913
dansant1921
1820 A. Opie Tales of Heart II. iv. 190 ‘What is that about the supper dances?’ said Clinton, interrupting her; ‘surely you are not engaged for them?’
1884 F. C. Baylor On Both Sides (1885) 64 ‘My card is quite full,’ she answered... ‘A supper-dance, then,’ he stupidly insisted.
1913 Our Navy (U.S.) Sept. 47/1 The Albany is giving a supper-dance at the Astor Hotel to-night to the American women of Shanghai.
1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven viii. 110 ‘May I have the supper-dance?’ he had said to Penelope.
1987 T. Duder Alex 44 It's the supper dance next. Where're your shoes?
2008 P. Da Silva Disastrous Destiny xi. 124 The gates were opened at 7:00 p.m., but admission to the Supper Dance was at 8:00 p.m.
supper dish n. (a) a dish of food served at supper; (b) (in plural) the items used in the preparation, eating, and serving of supper.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > other types of dish
spice-plate1391
pie plate1573
maple dish1637
cheese platea1665
supper dish1664
copperplate1665
reaming dish1712
paper plate1723
pickle leaf1762
pap-boat1782
supper1787
vegetable dish1799
well-dish1814
ice plate1820
pudding plate1838
tea plate1862
picnic plate1885
strawberry dish1941
1664 H. Wolley Cook's Guide 36 (heading) A good supper Dish.
1727 S. Switzer Pract. Kitchen Gardiner 150 This [sc. sorrel] and spinage being boil'd, and cut with poach'd eggs, is, in my humble opinion, one of the best supper-dishes in the world.
1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. i. 100 A wild boar was roasted whole for a supper-dish to Antony and Cleopatra.
1826 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. 266 It was customary for the mistress of the house to leave out work for him [sc. a brownie],—such as the supper-dishes to be washed, or the churn to be prepared.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. xxii. 594 A supper-dish was set before me of mutton and temmn.
1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. 18 Pieces of bread..soaked in hot milk. This was a common supper-dish for the children.
2006 J. R. Brady Tomorrows vi. 56 But first, I want us men folk to wash up the supper dishes.
supper house n. (a) a summer house where supper is eaten (rare); (b) a restaurant serving suppers, esp. for theatregoers after performances.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. iii. 15 The late Queen Anne..often was pleased to make the Green House which is very Beautiful, her Summer Supper House.
1841 Punch 16 Oct. 165/1 Ruddy chops and steaks are temptingly displayed in the windows of the supper-houses.
1855 A. Trollope Warden xvi. 265 It was a London supper-house.
1904 A. W. Marchmont Queen's Advocate xxiii. 323 The restaurants and supper houses were busy enough, and the flare of their lights streamed across the streets here and there.
1984 Orange Coast Mag. Dec. 303/3 (advt.) Sato Supper House. A new experience in Restaurant Food awaits you at Sato's—Quality.
2006 C. Erickson Royal Panoply 232 She [sc. Queen Anne]..commissioned the aging Christopher Wren to design an orangery, which she called her ‘summer supper house’.
2008 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 July 3 It was the preferred supper house for visiting international stars such as Shirley MacLaine and Rudolf Nureyev, who were performing at the nearby Palais Theatre.
supper parlour n. now rare a room in which supper is served, esp. in a large private house.
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1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 103/2 Baths and supper Parlours..shou'd be towards the West.
1798 R. M. Roche Clermont IV. i. 30 Madeline being informed by a servant, whom she met in the hall, that the Countess was in the supper parlour, directly repaired thither.
1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. xvi. 255 Into the drawing-room, and the supper-parlour beyond, she was but rarely permitted to peep.
1876 Galaxy Oct. 508/1 Dashing up to the great Hall door in Lady Tremeheare's travelling chariot,..and emerging..into the full blaze of the well-lighted supper parlor.
1991 G. Butler Coffin on Murder Street (1992) vi. 76 Max's Delicatessen had recently equipped itself with a small supper parlour where you could eat after the theatre.
supper party n. (a) a social gathering at which supper is served; (b) a group of people gathered for supper.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > breakfast, dinner, or supper party
dinner party1749
supper party1754
breakfast-party1814
dinner dance1887
bachelor-dinner1902
American supper1916
kitty party1991
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > dinner- (etc.) party
dinner party1749
supper party1754
waffle party1808
breakfast-party1814
1754 Young Lady Conducted xi. 151 I don't pretend to speak in favour of the Dinner and Supper Parties, the whole Day Visits you are pleas'd to be so merry upon.
1793 S. Gunning Mem. Mary V. xiv. 177 So many of them were seized with sudden indisposition, that our supper party was thinned of half of those who were expected to stay.
1808 Monthly Pantheon 1 684/2 The more gay and fashionable may go to balls or supper parties.
1810 E. Meeke tr. Voltaire in Unpubl. Corr. Madame du Deffand II. 283 Truly, Madam, I should greatly enjoy being of your supper-party with the President Renault and the Marshal de Richelieu.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair liv. 485 He had been at a fast supper-party, given the night before.
1911 E. P. Oppenheim Havoc xxiv. 194 Laverick walked into Luigi's Restaurant at about a quarter to twelve, and found the place crowded with many little supper-parties on their way to a fancy dress ball.
1968 Ebony Dec. 54/3 (caption) At supper party (right) in St. Regis Hotel after the opera, Miss Verrett enters with Marian Anderson and impresario Sol Hurok, the party host.
2008 D. Lebedoff Same Man ii. 30 The Oxford authorities began to take notice of this crowd when one of the Hypocrites, Lord Clonmore, gave a supper party on the roof of a church.
supper plate n. (a) a plate used for supper; (b) a dish eaten for supper.
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1782 Caledonian Mercury 25 May 4/2 (advt.) Supper Plates, Tureens, different sizes.
1826 ‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. ii. vii. 157 Small ragout balls form an agreeable addition to open fish pies; or make a neat supper plate.
1955 Life 22 Aug. 12 (advt.) Hormel Chili supper plate. Simply toss a salad, toast some crackers, and heat Hormel Chili to bubbling fragrance.
2004 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 22 Jan. f2 I envisioned the..cooked oysters and vegetables that would soon be sitting on my supper plate.
supper quadrille n. now historical rare a quadrille danced as a supper dance (see supper dance n. (a)).
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances
brawla1542
branglec1550
caterbrawl1565
bransle1590
branle1674
bocanea1701
cotillion1766
quadrille1773
German cotillion1831
supper quadrille1831
Grandpère1835
galop1837
brantle1846
German1853
lancers1862
grandfather1897
1831 Calcutta Mag. Feb. 83 Creatures of air,..every one of whose happy partners at the ‘Supper Quadrille’, would have sworn you a round oath that his select one could not swallow any thing beyond the consistency of a little trifle foam at the utmost.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 131 Just before the supper-quadrille,..a loud noise below..was heard.
1914 Z. Landi Secret of Empress (1915) xv. 166 ‘The supper quadrille is no longer free,’ I suddenly exclaimed, in a tone full of anguish.
supper room n. (a) a room in which supper is served; (b) = supper house n. (b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > dining-room
parlourc1384
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
breakfast-room1732
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
refreshment room1785
breakfast-parlour1802
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
breakfast-nook1931
brunch bar1940
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > dining room
cenaclea1400
triclinec1440
parlour1526
dining room?1576
dining hall1598
eating-room1613
triclinium1646
supper rooma1661
coffee-room1712
salle-à-manger1762
mess-room1774
sala1774
noon-hall1828
dinner room1853
Speisesaal1871
diner1907
dinette1920
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 88/1 Dempster..takes agger for some eminent place in the triclinium, or supper-room.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ix. 141 Mr. Allworthy, his Sister, and another Lady, were assembled at the accustomed Hour in the Supper Room . View more context for this quotation
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. vi. 89 They now returned to the supper-room.
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi The laughter of the supper-room, and the inviting clatter of its knives and forks were ringing in his ear.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Supper-rooms, shell-fish shops and taverns in London, where suppers and refreshments can be had, after public amusements are terminated.
1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers x The brothers..were watching a quadrille from the door of the supper-room.
1975 M. Duffy Capital iv. 171 You pass along Panton Street with a dear bright companion on your arm on your way to the supper rooms and the night's promised pleasures.
1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray iii. i. 248 We're in the supper room—I hope you don't mind. It was either that or take pot luck at the long table, and the club bores are out in force.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > Sabbath > [noun] > on which communion celebrated
sacrament day1687
supper-sabbath1690
Sacrament Sunday1768
sacrament Sabbath1816
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 38 Upon the supper-sabbaths whereon we all eat the same spiritual meat.
supper tavern n. now historical rare a public house in which supper is served.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1827 W. Clarke Every Night Bk. 56 A short distance from this vein..is the entrance to the lunch and supper tavern, yclept the Coal-hole.]
1841 Weekly Chron. 26 Dec. 3/4 Some valuable particulars have been gained, in connection with the supper-taverns of London. Of every twenty visitors, it appears that eight order Welsh rabbits, six ditto broiled kidneys, four ditto poached eggs, and two ditto chops or steaks.
1841 Punch 30 Oct. 185/2 The Toms, Charleses, and Henrys of the supper-taverns.
1901 Daily Mail 23 Oct. 3/4 The Strand was within walking distance of home, and people were able to linger in it for refreshment after the play—the days of supper taverns and oyster houses.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]
evenOE
eventideOE
eveningOE
eventimeOE
evea1250
evetimec1300
even whilea1375
evetidea1382
supper timec1390
supper whilea1425
forenight1513
evening-tide1521
supperwardc1563
after-supperc1596
Vesperugo1600
vesper1613
far-day1650
eveg1675
evg1777
dew-falla1822
a1425 in M. L. Arntz Richard Rolle & Gratia Dei (1981) 106 (MED) If þou for nedfulnes of kynde has myster to soupe, schortte be þi souper-while.
1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. lxiii He had spoken..in supperwhile, certeine wordes tendinge to the slander off them and their ministery.
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. F4 All supper while..he peereth..into the platters to picke out dainty morsels.
a1667 C. Hoole Accidence (1671) 110 Inter cœnandum, at supper while.
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suppern.2
/ˈsʌpə/, U.S. /ˈsəpər/, Scottish English /ˈsʌpər/ Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use. Now rare. † 2. The piston of a suction pump. Obsolete. rare.
1. A person who takes liquid into the mouth in small quantities or using a spoon; chiefly as the second element in compounds (earliest in blood-supper n.). Also: a habitual drinker, a drunkard.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker
supper?1529
blow-bowl1530
drunkard1530
drunkera1538
blow-bottle1580
tippler1580
potman1589
red nose1591
sot1592
water rat1593
ply-pot1611
potter1632
pothead1639
pisspot1655
pitcher-man1665
whetter1709
inebriate1794
rummy1843
alcoholic1852
oenomaniac1857
dipsomaniac1858
alcoholizer1880
alcoholist1888
potationist1888
lush1890
rumdum1891
rumhound1895
blacklister1904
dipso1923
rumpot1929
alky1944
juice-head1955
alcohol abuser1965
juicer1967
substance abuser1967
jakey1988
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > taking (liquid food) with spoon > one who
supper?1529
?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A3 A cruell deuelisshe bloudsupper.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Joel i. 5 Wake vp ye dronckardes, & wepe: mourne all ye wyne suppers.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sorbitore, a sipper, a sooper, a swallower.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Buvereau,..a bibber, supper, or sipper; one that drinks little, and often.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 80 Aiken was ane o' the kale-suppers o' Fife.
1889 W. Westall Birch Dene II. 8 ‘Can he hold as much beer as brewer's vat?’ ‘Nay, he isn't a supper, isn't Bill.’
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > sucker or suction pipe
sucker1611
supper1611
suction pipe1793
wind-bore1797
suction tube1863
tail-pipe1883
suction1886
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Soupape,..the Supper, or Sucker of a Pumpe.
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supperv.
/ˈsʌpə/, U.S. /ˈsəpər/ 1. † b. transitive. Of food: to constitute the supper of. Obsolete. rare. Cf. sup v.2 3b.
a. transitive. To give supper to, provide with supper; to entertain to supper. Cf. sup v.2 3c.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food > entertain with specific meal
dinec1475
sup1609
supper1622
breakfast1793
dinner1822
bedinner1837
tea1844
tiffin1866
lunch1892
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 108 Then did I supper my selfe vpon my bread.
1715 W. Shrigley Let. 10 Aug. in J. Byrom Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1854) I. i. 29 We intend to dinner him and supper him round, and by degrees make him our own.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 240 Winna ye be suppered like princes? View more context for this quotation
1839 T. Hood Ode to St. Swithin 74 They wish you on your own mud porridge supper'd.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Apr. 11/1 They were ‘suppered’ under the presidency of Mr. Bailie Shearer on the Friday night.
1921 F. R. Sterrett These Young Rebels xvii. 214 At twelve o'clock, so well had Uncle Albert planned, his guests had been suppered, and the musicians were playing ‘Home, Sweet Home’.
1990 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Feb. vii. 7/1 In the desperate evenings without the Beloved, he consoles himself with parties at Edna Ferber's..or by suppering young authors.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [verb (transitive)] > be supper for
sup1598
supper1817
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 73 Walter Cuming of Guiyock, wha hadna as muckle o' him left thegither as would supper a messan-dog.
2. transitive. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). To give a final evening feed to (an animal), sometimes including bedding it down for the night; also with up, and occasionally intransitive with object implied. Also figurative: to give enough, or more than enough, to (a person) (now rare). Cf. sup v.2 3a.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give a person as much as he wants
supper1666
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > feed with specific food or meal
sup1575
winter-feed1606
soil1608
supper1666
browse1675
cake1799
slop1848
mash1859
pair-feed1944
zero-graze1954
1666–78 J. Wallace in T. McCrie Mem. Mr. W. Veitch & G. Brysson (1825) 401 Ordered the whole troops to come in, after they had suppered themselves and their horses, to the town.
1759 Proc. Old Bailey 5 Dec. 11/1 He bought a halter at Abingdon the night before, and then went to Buckland and lay in the rick yard till he saw the carter had suppered up his horses.
1805 R. Parkinson Tour Amer. 68 Going to look at the horses after what is called suppering them up at night.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 167 I ken weel what belongs to suppering a horse.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 169 The horse was properly suppered up.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 339 A bonnie breakfast the loons gae me the ither morning, and him at the bottom o't; and trow ye I was na ready to supper him up?
1872 J. L. Watson Round Grange Farm xvi. 284 The women talked and laughed, and spoke of lovers and merry-makings, as they milked the patient cows, or suppered them up for the night.
1888 G. MacDonald Elect Lady 133 Dawtie found Andrew in the stable, suppering his horses.
1904 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 854/2 [South Nottinghamshire] A knew when a begun on 'im, A should supper him up. A'm completely suppered up; a shan't want to go theer no more.
1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow ix. 227 Tilly, an old woman now, came in saying that the labourers who had been suppering up said the yard and everywhere was just a slew of water.
1967 Listener 25 May 657/1–2 He had been suppering up the cows when he heard a noise.
1977 Hist. Workshop 3 190 These songs would be picked up by the men when they gathered round the farm kitchen fire or in the bothy at night after suppering the horses and engaged in a ‘sang aboot’.
2008 M. McCabe in Nuestra Voz (P.E.N. Club Internacional) 59/1 I've suppered the cat, read the twilight hour spam Gargled the cocoa, hot milk and a dram.
3. intransitive. To eat supper.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat supper
supc1300
supper1691
1691 R. Meeke Diary 27 Aug. (1874) 43 This night we cut down all our corn, and many persons suppered here.
1805 T. Rumney Diary 11 Jan. in A. W. Rumney From Old South-sea House (1914) xx. 306 Supper'd, and slept at Mr. Mounsey's.
1840 T. C. Haliburton Let. Bag Great Western (U.K. ed.) i. 14 [I] Tea'd, suppered, champagned, tidied myself for bed, and I fear—snored.
1891 ‘A. Thomas’ That Affair III. i. 19 The waiter has done his duty nobly. She has been suppering without intermission.
1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 87 Ten o'clock found them penniless. They had suppered greatly on their last eleven cents.
1959 S. Payne in S. O. Barker Frontiers West 234 After I'd suppered in the dim lamplight of the snowbound house, I picked up the mail for Avery.
2005 S. Berry Third Secret viii. 58 He'd suppered there for years at his usual table toward the rear of the building.
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