also: あえ
In old documents, it is recorded that the king feasted his retainers.
The kanji 饗 is hardly used in modern times.
feast; banquet
large banquet; grand feast · court banquet (Heian period)
treat to a feast; provide dinner for
entertaining with food and drink; wining and dining; treating to a meal
treat to a feast; provide a banquet for
Archaic kanji spelling; the word is rarely used in modern Japanese.
Alternate reading; also archaic and rarely encountered.
The kanji 饗 has historically been used to mean a feast or banquet. The reading きょう is the on'yomi, and あえ is a rare kun'yomi. The word itself is archaic and its exact derivation is uncertain.