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ceremony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |
| Type of | social function, social occasion, function, affair, occasion |
| Has types | fire walking, formalities, formality, funeral, potlatch, circumstance, commemoration, dedication, exercise, initiation, installation, maundy, memorialisation, memorialization, military ceremony, nuptials, obsequy, opening, pageant, pageantry, wedding, wedding ceremony, hymeneals, induction |
| Derivation | ceremonial |
a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor.
ceremony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | chanoyu, tea ceremony |
| Derivation | ceremonial, ceremonious |
the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine.
he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball.
he disposed of it without ceremony.
ceremony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | purgation, purification, military ceremony, religious ceremony, groundbreaking ceremony, religious ritual, groundbreaking, lustrum, presentation |
| Derivation | ceremonial, ceremonious |
an inaugural ceremony.
Examples of ceremony
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She will be overseas during the April 29 ceremony, according to People magazine.
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Many of the victims'family members and descendants attended the ceremony Friday.
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David Beckham and his wife Victoria arrive for a sports awards ceremony in 2005.
From the suntimes.com
The opening and wrap events cost $20 and closing award ceremony tickets are $40.
From the dailyherald.com
There will be a brief on-field ceremony between the sophomore and varsity games.
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At the end of the ceremony, the bride and groom sipped wine from a shared glass.
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The couple tied the knot in a simple ceremony at Il Buco restaurant in New York.
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Some family members even travelled from other states to be part of the ceremony.
From the thenewstribune.com
At right is Perez'niece, Austen Hustle, who held the Bible used in the ceremony.
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- A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
- Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
- The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
- Chaz Salvatore Bono (born Chastity Sun Bono; March 4, 1969) is an American LGBT rights advocate, writer, actor, and musician. Bono is the only child of American entertainers Sonny and Cher, though both parents have children from other marriages.
- Ceremony is a novel by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko, first published by Penguin in 1977.
- Ceremony is an American hardcore band from Rohnert Park, California.
- Ceremony is the ninth Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1982.
- "Ceremony" is a song by Joy Division, released as New Order's debut single in 1981. The song, as well as the B-side, "In a Lonely Place", were created by the band prior to the death of Ian Curtis. Both tracks were carried over to the band's re-incarnation as New Order, after Curtis' death.
- Ceremony was a 1970 album by progressive UK rock band Spooky Tooth in collaboration with French electronic and "found-object" composer Pierre Henry. The album takes the form of a church service.
