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ceremony

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cer·e·mo·ny / ˈserəˌmōnē/ • n. (pl. -nies) 1. a formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary. ∎  an act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form. 2. the ritual observances and procedures performed at grand and formal occasions: the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony. ∎  formal polite behavior: he showed them to their table with great ceremony. PHRASES: stand on ceremony insist on the observance of formalities: we don't stand on ceremony in this house. without ceremony without preamble or politeness: he was pushed without ceremony into the bathroom. ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Old French ceremonie or Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship,’ (plural) ‘ritual observances.’

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ceremony

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

ceremony expression of shared feelings and attitudes through more or less formally ordered actions of an essentially symbolic nature performed on appropriate occasions. A ceremony involves stereotyped bodily movements, often in relation to objects possessing symbolic meaning. For example, people bow or genuflect, tip hats, present arms, slaughter cattle, salute flags, and perform a myriad of other actions. Ceremonies express, perpetuate, and transmit elements of the value and sentiment system and aim at preserving such values and sentiments from doubt and opposition; moreover, they intensify the solidarity of the participants. Ceremonies are found in all societies.

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cer·e·mo·ni·al / ˌserəˈmōnēəl/ • adj. 1. relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature: a ceremonial Buddhist headpiece. 2. (of a position or role) involving only nominal authority or power. • n. the system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion: the procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial. ∎  a rite or ceremony. DERIVATIVES: cer·e·mo·ni·al·ism n. cer·e·mo·ni·al·ist n. cer·e·mo·ni·al·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ceremony XIV. — (perh. through (O)F. cérémonie) L. cærimōnia religious worship, (pl.) ritual observances; see -MONY.
So ceremonial XIV. — late L. ceremonious XVI. — F. or late L.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

ceremonial. In ecclesiastical usage, the performance of Divine worship with prescribed and formal actions.
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ceremonial

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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ceremony •Léonie, peony •Tierney •Briony, bryony, Hermione •tourney • ebony • Albany •chalcedony • Alderney •Persephone, Stephanie, telephony •antiphony, epiphany, polyphony, tiffany •symphony •cacophony, homophony, theophany, Zoffany •euphony • agony • garganey •Antigone •cosmogony, mahogany, theogony •balcony • Gascony • Tuscany •calumny •felony, Melanie, miscellany •villainy • colony •Chamonix, salmony, scammony, Tammany •harmony •anemone, Emeny, hegemony, lemony, Yemeni •alimony, palimony •agrimony • acrimony •matrimony, patrimony •ceremony • parsimony • antimony •sanctimony • testimony • simony •Romany • Germany • threepenny •timpani • sixpenny • tuppenny •accompany, company •barony • saffrony • tyranny •synchrony • irony • saxony • cushiony •Anthony • betony •Brittany, dittany, litany •botany, cottony, monotony •gluttony, muttony •Bethany • oniony • raisiny •attorney, Burney, Czerny, Ernie, ferny, gurney, journey, Verny

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