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Ceremony

noun

(pl. ceremonies)

A formal event performed on a special occasion. Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance.

Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way. "He makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball" , "He disposed of it without ceremony"

The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion.

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"Ceremony" Quotes from Famous Books

... telegraph and telephone connections between Hatboro' and Ponkwasset, and Adeline had to go to the funeral without an answer to Elbridge's message. Below her surface interest in the ceremony and the behavior of the mourners and the friends, which nothing could have alienated but the actual presence of calamity, she had a nether misery of alternating hope and fear, of anxieties continually reasoned down, and of security ...

— The Quality of Mercy • W. D. Howells

... went to Belle's habitation, and informed her that Mr. and Mrs. Petulengro had paid us a visit of ceremony, and were awaiting her at the fire-place. 'Pray go and tell them that I am busy,' said Belle, who was engaged with her needle. 'I do not feel disposed to take part in any such nonsense.' 'I shall do no such thing,' said I, 'and I insist upon your coming forthwith, and ...

— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow

... wedding. Chap who stands by the bridegroom with a hand on the scruff of his neck to see that he goes through with it. Fellow who looks after everything, crowds the money on to the minister at the end of the ceremony, and then goes off and mayries the first bridesmaid, ...

— The Intrusion of Jimmy • P. G. Wodehouse

... this mandate, and summoned all the hidalgos of Lucena and of his own estates to form an honorable escort for the illustrious prisoner. In this style he conducted him to the capital. The cavaliers and authorities of Cordova came forth to receive the captive king with all due ceremony, and especial care was taken to prevent any taunt or insult from the multitude, or anything that might remind him of his humiliation. In this way he entered the once proud capital of the Abda'rahmans, and was lodged in the house of the king's major-domo. Ferdinand, however, declined seeing the ...

— Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada • Washington Irving

... without ceremony,' he began with a bright and open expression on his face. 'My name is Shubin; I'm a friend of this young man here' (he indicated Bersenyev). 'You are Mr. ...

— On the Eve • Ivan Turgenev

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