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Ceremonial

Ceremonial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ceremonial? [n] a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" [adj] marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ceremonial: ceremonial occasion \| ceremony \| formal \| observance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ceremonial: 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 \| High-Church \| 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 See Also \| affair \| circumstance \| commemoration \| dedication \| exercise \| fire walking \| formalities \| formality \| function \| funeral \| induction \| initiation \| installation \| Maundy \| memorialisation \| memorialization \| military ceremony \| nuptials \| occasion \| opening \| pageant \| pageantry \| social function \| social occasion \| wedding \| wedding ceremony Ceremonial In Webster's Dictionary \Cer`emo"nial\, 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. Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam. 2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne. He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden. \Cer`emo"nial\, 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. The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. --Prescott. 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.

Ceremonial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ceremonial?

[n] a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
[adj] marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ceremonial: ceremonial occasion | ceremony | formal | observance

Ceremonial In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam.

2. Observant of forms; ceremonious.

Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne.

            He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden.


\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.

         The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court.
                                               --Prescott.

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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