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Dictionary Results For "ceremonious" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Adjective

Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious
Characterized by rigid formality

fa:ceremonious fr:ceremonious io:ceremonious fi:ceremonious te:ceremonious vi:ceremonious zh:ceremonious

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ceremonious \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. c['e]r['e]monieux, L.
Caerimoniosus.]
1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.

Note: [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
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The ceremonious part of His worship. --South.
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2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms;
devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful;
punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." --Addison.
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Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak.

Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See Formal.
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WordNet ceremonious
adj : rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious
greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: conventional]

Moby Dictionary
High-Church , attentive , baptismal , cap in hand , careful ,
ceremonial , chivalric , chivalrous , civil , conventional , correct ,
courteous , courtly , decorous , deferential , dignified , dutiful ,
eucharistic , formal , formular , formulary , gallant , grandiose ,
hieratic , honorific , imposing , impressive , knightly , liturgic ,
liturgistic , majestic , moving , old-fashioned , old-world , paschal ,
polite , pompous , proper , punctilious , regardful , respectful ,
ritual , ritualistic , sacerdotal , sacramental , sacramentarian ,
seemly , solemn , starchy , stately , stiff , striking , stuffy ,
well-mannered