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syssition
syssition n. 
/sɪˈsɪtɪən/ a common meal, mess.
/sɪˈsɪtɪən/ a common meal, mess.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > communal or public meal
ordinar1553
public table1561
ordinary1589
penny-commons1615
fellowshipa1650
ordinary suppera1661
house dinner1818
table d'hôte1821
grubbery1831
syssitia1835
mess1840
hall1861
potluck1867
syssition1874
1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. xiii. 287 Necessity and the waiter drive them all to a sepulchral syssition.
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