Levee
From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The act of rising.
(2): ( n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
(3): ( v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
(4): ( v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
(5): ( n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A morning reception held by the sovereign or some one of high rank.
