See levee on Wiktionary
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"text": "The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox […]",
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"The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest."
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"(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest."
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"A reception of visitors held after getting up."
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"ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 179:",
"text": "I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a levee to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing.",
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"ref": "1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, published 1993, →ISBN, page 195:",
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