A Topical Dictionary: Search for ceremonial

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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony; ritual or formal.

Translations

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Hungarian: ,

Noun

A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.

Translations

Hungarian:

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. caerimonialis: cf. F.
c['e]rimonial. See Ceremony.]
1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according
to the forms of established rites.
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Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam.
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2. Observant of forms; ceremonious.

Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne.
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He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, n.
1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or
established by custom, in religious worship, social
intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.
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The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court.
--Prescott.
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2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic
church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be
observed on solemn occasions.
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WordNet ceremonial
adj : marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial
occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
n : a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony
commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, {ceremonial
occasion}, observance]

Moby Dictionary
High-Church , august , baccalaureate service , baptismal , buckram ,
celebration , celebratory , ceremonious , ceremoniousness , ceremony ,
commemorative , commencement , conventional , convocation , courtly ,
decorous , dignified , dignity , duty , empty formality , eucharistic ,
exercise , exercises , extrinsicality , form , form of worship , formal ,
formality , formalization , formula , formular , formulary , function ,
graduation , graduation exercises , gravity , hieratic , holy rite ,
impersonality , imposing , inaugural , inauguration , initiation ,
institution , liturgic , liturgical , liturgistic , liturgy , lofty ,
mannered , mode of worship , mummery , mystery , observance , office ,
order of worship , ordinance , paschal , performance , pomp , pomposity ,
pompous , practice , prescribed form , primness , religious ceremony ,
rigid , rigidness , rite , rite de passage , rite of passage , ritual ,
ritual observance , ritualistic , rituality , sacerdotal , sacrament ,
sacramental , sacramentarian , service , set , solemn , solemnity ,
solemnization , starchiness , starchy , stately , stiff , stiffness ,
stiltedness , studied , stylization , stylized , weight ,
well-mannered