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A raised table at which distinguished guests are seated at a feast, banquet, etc. Cf. high table n. adj. at high, adj. n.2compounds 4. Now historical.
(a) n. a table raised above the rest at a public dinner; spec. (in a university college) the table at which the head of house and fellows sit; (b)…