principal meal

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Though called a supper, the meal was to be a sumptuous one; moreover, the principal meal of the day was commonly spoken of as supper.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

She was then conducted to her own room, where she was speedily joined by Sir William; and they remained closeted together till summoned to the principal meal of the day.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

The canoes are moored by strong piassaba ropes in some recess of the bank, where they are protected against drifting trunks; the tents are erected, and preparations ensue for the principal meal.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various

The first consisted of a very few kinds of coarse food,—generally not more than two or three at once,—such as coarse whole-meal bread, rice, potatoes, apples, etc., and was the principal meal.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

Here, too, they ate their meals, with the exception of the principal meal on Sundays, when they all met together in the refectory.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)