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How to pronounce pageant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pageantry
Type of representation
Type Words
Synonyms pageantry
Type of ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance

Examples of pageant

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This is the last year of the pageant because of the high cost of the production.
From the kentucky.com
The later service will include a Christmas pageant followed by an Advent brunch.
From the timesunion.com
Three years ago, Harrington couldn't visualize a road to a beauty pageant crown.
From the ocregister.com
They're in a beauty pageant, and any hint of imperfection doesn't win the crown.
From the sltrib.com
The pageant will include 11 young women competing for the Miss Tri-Cities crown.
From the thenewstribune.com
In short, I find the Breakfast Klub's human pageant full of wonder and surprise.
From the chron.com
Beauty pageant contestants aren't usually known as the world's biggest liberals.
From the post-gazette.com
This is the drag pageant for the daring, the bold and, of course, the beautiful.
From the thestate.com
She did, and she won and represented the state in the 1991 Miss America pageant.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
  • A rich and spectacular ceremony
  • Pageant was a 20th-century monthly magazine, first published in the United States by Hillman Periodicals in November 1944. With its digest size format, it became Coronet magazine's leading competition, although it aimed for comparison to Reader's Digest.
  • "Pageant" is a single released by Moi dix Mois on January 5, 2005. This is the only release so far that does not have Mana on the cover.
  • The Pageant, sometimes called The Pageant Concert NightClub, is a music venue in the Delmar Loop in Saint Louis, Missouri.
  • (The Pageants) The Pageants was a shipyard in Rotherhithe on the River Thames, London. It was established in the early 18th century and one of its first occupants was John Buxton of Deptford. ...
  • An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume; A spectacular ceremony; A beauty pageant
  • (pageantry) A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant
  • A narrow beam projector type lantern once used in England.