1. a formal reception of visitors or guests: "the great stop on the Washington social circuit was the diplomat's levee"
▪ an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative: "he was presented at one of Prince Albert's levees in 1850"
▪ a reception of visitors just after rising from bed.
Word Originlate 17th century (denoting a reception of visitors after rising from bed) : from French levé, variant of lever ‘rising’, from the verb lever.
