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Party

noun

(pl. parties)

An organization to gain political power. Synonym: political party.

A group of people gathered together for pleasure.

A band of people associated temporarily in some activity. Synonym: company. "The company of cooks walked into the kitchen"

An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.

A person involved in legal proceedings.

verb

Have or participate in a party.

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"Party" Quotes from Famous Books

... I have heard," replied Titmouse. Soon he got a little farther, and said how cheerful the stages going past must make the house. Tag-rag agreed with him. Then there was a little pause. None of the party knew exactly which way to look, nor in what posture to sit. Faint "hems" were occasionally heard. In short, no one felt ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

... "such a lecture as I got at Nice! I give you my word it was a deal worse than any of your scoldings, a regular rouser. I'll tell you all about it sometime, she never will, because after telling me that she despised and was ashamed of me, she lost her heart to the despicable party and married the good-for-nothing." ...

— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

... and every one excited by the marvellous stories circulated by the warriors returned from the camp of Moonspirit, stories which amply corroborated the tales of Mungongo. Those who supported Bakahenzie's party believed implicitly, because they wished so to do, the "reason" for the impotence of their united magic to be the breaking of the magic circle by Bakuma. But others who cherished personal ambitions for the head witch-doctorship were suspicious of each other and of Bakahenzie, each one ...

— Witch-Doctors • Charles Beadle

... cried, his eyes glaring fiercely and embracing the whole party with a great, comprehensive roll, "you fellers is like a crowd o' coyotes around a bone. I 'lows Tresler ain't an a'mighty deal better'n a bone about now, but his lugs ain't deef. Y're jest a gorl-darned lot o' ...

— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum

... of the Gospel but at the same time retain the Papistical abuses, advocating that these errors be not all censured and rejected, because of the weak; and that for the sake of peace and unity we should somehow moderate and restrict our demands, each party being ready to yield to the other and patiently bear with it. While in such case no perfect purity can be claimed to exist, the situation can be made endurable if discretion is used and ...

— Epistle Sermons, Vol. II - Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost • Martin Luther

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