About The Word Ceremonial
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Ceremonial
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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`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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