Ceremonial
[serɪ'məʊnɪəl] or [,sɛrɪ'monɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; 'a ceremonial occasion'; 'ceremonial garb' .
Editor: Peter--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
(a.) Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.]
(n.) 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.
(n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
Typed by Clint
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Ritual, formal.
n. Rite, form, formality, CEREMONY.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Official, ministerial, functional, pompous, imposing, sumptuous, scenic
ANT:Ordinary, private, unimposing, unostentatious, undramatic
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Examples
- The festivities of a show began with a ceremonial procession (_pompa_) and a sham fight (_pr?lusio_). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But she was all aglow with her reception, carried away by this little flattering ceremonial on her behalf. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These smearings and scratchings, washings and dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremonial is to cleanse and replace the distracted furniture. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I was taken to the churches on solemn occasions--days of fête and state; I was shown the Papal ritual and ceremonial. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That has always prejudiced me against that kind of ceremonial and folly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their religion was a primitive, complex, and cruel system, in which human sacrifices and ceremonial cannibalism played a large part. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It may have been merely a cleansing of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth from theological and ceremonial accretions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The king is conceived of as ceremonial and irresponsible, a living symbol of the royal and imperial system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the first time the poor little boy had ever witnessed or heard of such a ceremonial. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The ceremonial, too, of the civil government in the colonies, upon the reception of a new governor, upon the opening of a new assembly, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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