reception

All the stores which were under his control and set apart for the reception of such guests, he brought out for the feast.

The king gave a kindly reception to the man and asked the next to answer the question, how he could avoid a life of ease and pleasure?

When the work was completed, Demetrius collected together the Jewish population in the place where the translation had been made, and read it over to all, in the presence of the translators, who met with a great reception also from the people, because of the great benefits which they had conferred upon them.