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Definitions for Ceremony
[1] the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
[2] a formal religious or sacred observance; a solemn rite: a marriage ceremony.
[3] formal observances or gestures collectively; ceremonial observances: The breathless messenger had no time for ceremony.
[4] any formal act or observance, especially a meaningless one: His low bow was mere ceremony.
[5] a gesture or act of politeness or civility: the ceremony of a handshake.
[6] strict adherence to conventional forms; formality: to leave a room without ceremony.
[7] stand on ceremony , to behave in a formal or ceremonious manner.
[8] a formal act or ritual, often set by custom or tradition, performed in observation of an event or anniversary a ceremony commemorating Shakespeare's birth
[9] a religious rite or series of rites
[10] a courteous gesture or act the ceremony of toasting the Queen
[11] ceremonial observances or gestures collectively the ceremony of a monarchy
[12] stand on ceremony to insist on or act with excessive formality
[13] without ceremony in a casual or informal manner
Words related to Ceremony
function, observance, parade, service, show, rite, commemoration, formality, solemnity, ordinance, sacrament, custom, liturgy, tradition, ceremonial, pomp, protocol, form, propriety, decorum
Words nearby Ceremony
ceredigion, cerement, ceremonial, ceremonial tea, ceremonious, ceremony, cerenkov, cerenkov effect, cerenkov radiation, cereous, ceres
Origin of Ceremony
1350–1400; Middle English ceremonie < Medieval Latin cēremōnia, Latin caerimōnia sacred rite; replacing Middle English cerymonye < Middle French cerimonie < Latin, as above
Other words from Ceremony
pre·cer·e·mo·ny , noun, plural pre·cer·e·mo·nies.
Word origin for Ceremony
C14: from Medieval Latin cēremōnia, from Latin caerimōnia what is sacred, a religious rite
Synonyms for Ceremony
commemoration, function, observance, parade, rite, service, show, Sacrament, ceremonial, custom, formality, liturgy, ordinance, solemnity, tradition