About The Word Ceremonious
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Ceremonious
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What's The Definition Of Ceremonious?
[adj] rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ceremonious: conventional | formal Related Terms | Find terms related to Ceremonious: 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 | High-Church | 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 See Also | Ceremonious In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
The ceremonious part of His worship. --South.
2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms;
devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful;
punctilious. ``Ceremonious phrases.'' --Addison.
Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak.
Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See {Formal}.
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