Definition of "high table" [high table]

• A dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished persons (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Prey to unspeakable thoughts concerning his beloved brother, he crept back to the balustrade and looked down blindly on the hall for a few minutes more, until Tanaby Vanguard announced to the nobles at the high table that it was time to go to the solar and begin their conclave. two"
• "The smallish high table was already filled by Catclaw and Cloudfell and their roistering knights, celebrating the abbreviated combat."
• "At supper at the high table she would have no choice but to attend, but at this stage it was fitting that the honours of the house should rest with her brother and his wife, the guardians of her person and the disposers of her marriage."