ceremony

Meanings

Plural: ceremonies

Noun

• 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"
• A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
• An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
• A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
• Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
• An accessory or object associated with a ritual.
• An omen or portent.

Synonyms

ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance