Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… Gallery, NPG D12773, 1801. Résumé This entry describes conviviality as it was practised in the eighteenth century with distinctions between sociability and conviviality. It also describes the use of the term, and the specific rituals associated with convivial culture. Practices > Eating & Drinking Practices > Rituals & Ceremonies Concepts > Character Concepts > … The term ’ convivial ’ derives from the Latin term convivialis (pertaining to a feast), and means dining together, with connotations of light-hearted joviality and good fellowship. 1 As an adjective it had been used in this way in …
Community | Conviviality | Hilarity | Politics | Song | Toasting
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