tea party

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served.
2. 2
   A type of imaginative playing in which children gather with each other or their dolls to mimic having a real tea party or other formal meal, often without any food at all.
3. 3
   An interaction characterized by a high degree of courtesy, delicacy, deference, and avoidance of conflict.
4. 4
   Any of various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Various independent, fiscally conservative political groups in the twenty-first-century United States, taken as a whole.