About The Word Pageant
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Pageant
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What's The Definition Of Pageant?
[n] an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
[n] a rich and spectacular ceremony Synonyms | Synonyms for Pageant: pageantry | pageantry Related Terms | Find terms related to Pageant: affair | antimasque | audience success | ballet | blazon | bomb | bravura | brilliancy | broadcast drama | burlesque show | ceremony | charade | cliff hanger | closet drama | comedy drama | cosmorama | critical success | cyclorama | daring | dash | daytime serial | demonstration | dialogue | diorama | disguise | display | documentary drama | drama | dramalogue | dramatic play | dramatic series | dramatics | duodrama | duologue | eclat | epic theater | etalage | event | exhibit | exhibition | exhibitionism | experimental theater | exposition | extravaganza | failure | false front | fanfaronade | figure | flair | flaunt | flaunting | flop | flourish | formality | gala | gasser | georama | giveaway | Grand Guignol | grandeur | happening | histrionics | hit | hit show | improvisational drama | legitimate drama | light show | manifestation | masque | melodrama | minstrel show | miracle | miracle play | monodrama | monologue | morality | morality play | music drama | musical revue | myriorama | mystery | mystery play | opera | pageantry | panel show | panorama | pantomime | parade | Passion play | pastoral | pastoral drama | phantasmagoria | piece | play | playlet | pomp | presentation | pretentiousness | problem play | procession | psychedelic show | psychodrama | quiz show | radio drama | representation | review | revue | ritual | sensational play | serial | sham | shifting scene | show | showing-off | sight | sitcom | situation comedy | sketch | skit | soap | soap opera | sociodrama | spectacle | splash | splurge | stage play | stage show | staginess | straight drama | success | suspense drama | tableau | tableau vivant | talk show | teleplay | television drama | television play | theater of cruelty | theatrics | Tom show | total theater | variety show | vaudeville | vaudeville show | vaunt | vehicle | word-of-mouth success | work See Also | ceremonial | ceremonial occasion | ceremony | observance | representation Pageant In Webster's Dictionary \Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE.
pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage,
hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to
pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together,
structure. See {Pact}, {Page} of a book.]
1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. ``A pageant truly
played.'' --Shak.
To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser.
2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show,
spectacle, or display.
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! --Pope.
We love the man, the paltry pageant you. --Cowper.
\Pag"eant\, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. ``Pageant pomp.'' --Dryden. \Pag"eant\, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] ``He pageants us.'' --Shak. |
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