commensalityn.
/kɒmɛnˈsalɪti/ Commensal state; the habit of eating at the same table.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Commensalité Commensalitie; a continuall feeding together at one table.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxv. 142 Being enjoined or prohibited certain foods..to avoid community with the Gentiles upon promiscuous commensality.
1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 326 ‘Eating together,’ as Dr. Johnson would say, ‘promotes good will, Sir, commensality is benevolent’.
1881 R. N. Cust in Mission Life No. 137. 201 Modified Caste, limited..to Rules of Intermarriage and Commensality.
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