A large, formal meal or celebratory feast.

I beg you to partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)

to offer food and drink as a sacrifice to gods or ancestors; to entertain spirits with a feast

a prayer or message dedicated to a deity during a sacrifice

to shut the door in someone's face

to entertain a guest

for the benefit of the reader

to enjoy offered food and drink

to host or attend a formal feast or banquet