symposiarchn.
/sɪmˈpəʊzɪɑːk/, U.S. /sɪmˈpoʊziˌɑrk/ The master, director, or president of a symposium; the leader of a convivial gathering.
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1603 P. Holland tr. J. Amyot in tr. Plutarch Morals 641 What maner of person the Symposiarch or master of the feast ought to be.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 148 He staid for the chief Magistrate. As soon as he came, he was made Symposiarch, Master of the Feast.
a1704 T. Brown tr. Beroaldus Declam. in Def. Gaming in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) i. 139 Under the..direction of some certain prudent and sober Symposiarchs, or Masters of the Feasts.
1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 258 So was Johnson [born] for the office of a symposiarch, to preside in all conversations.
1878 F. Ferguson Pop. Life Christ i. xii. 133 We shall be ready to exclaim with Cana's surprised symposiarch, ‘Thou hast kept the good wine until now.’
1882 Athenæum 14 Jan. 54/1 The criticisms of Shakspeare's plays that went on at the Mermaid under symposiarch Ben Jonson.
1895 Burness in Anna M. Stoddart Blackie II. xxi. 245 Fixing his eye on the symposiarch, he rose to propose the health of that gentleman.
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