: a formal reception held by an Indian prince or an African ruler
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBoth foreground mounted Hausa riders in ceremonial durbar dress against a backdrop of iconographic Western figures – Zeus, Europa, Napoleon. Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 4 May 2021 The final ritual is the durbar, similar to a bar mitzvah, quinceañera, or dipo of the Krobo tribe of Ghana. Alexandreena Dixon, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2017
Word History
Etymology
Hindi & Urdu darbār, from Persian, from dar door + bār admission, audience