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Noun
/ˈserəˌmōnē/,
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ceremonies, plural;
  1. A formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary

  2. An act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form

  3. The ritual observances and procedures performed at grand and formal occasions
    • - the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony
  4. Formal polite behavior
    • - he showed them to their table with great ceremony
  1. (ceremonial) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
  2. (ceremony) 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"
  3. (ceremony) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
  4. (Ceremonial (album)) Ceremonial is the second studio album released by the American Post-Punk band Savage Republic, released in 1985 through Fundamental Records. It was has been re-issued accompanied by the EP Trudge since 1990.
  5. (Ceremony (band)) 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.
  6. (Ceremony (novel)) Ceremony is a novel by Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko, first published by Penguin in 1977.
  7. (Ceremony (punk band)) Ceremony is an American hardcore band from Rohnert Park, California.
  8. (Ceremony (song)) "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. ...
  9. (Ceremony (Spooky Tooth/Pierre Henry album)) 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.
  10. (ceremony) A ritual with religious significance; An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event; Formal socially-established behaviour often in relation to people of different ranks
  11. (Ceremonial) 1.adj. involving rather complex high-liturgical rituals and elaborate tools, apparel, and/or temple decoration and specifically associated to n occasion or specific time and place, and the arrangement in which the ritual is to be conducted.
  12. (Ceremonial) the m/45C is an m/45B with a bayonet mount on the barrel sleeve which was used for parade and guard duties. The standard m/45 and m/45B have no bayonet mount.^[1]
  13. (ceremony) A formal act or set of acts established by custom as proper to a special occasion, such as a religious rite.
  14. (CEREMONY) Important change; formal acceptance of something / Calling attention to something that may appear trivial in your waking life; wanting public recognition or acknowledgment
  15. (Ceremony (1977)) A novel telling of a World War II veteran’s struggle to adjust to life back on a New Mexico Indian reservation after returning home from the war. ...
  16. (Ceremony) How things are done; Sprit is always present.
  17. (Ceremony) Special things done to celebrate an event. "Hunters had a ceremony to the spirits of the animals before they went on a hunt."
  18. (Ceremony) Wild Hearted Son/Heart Of Soul
  19. (ceremony) A formal act that follows special rules or traditions
  20. (ceremony) a formal event, often with speech making
  21. (ceremony) an action performed formally and meant to sanction a political, social, or religious concept; it usually lacks the deeper significance of a ritual. Examples of a ceremony include a graduation or swearing-in.
  22. (ceremony) function, commemoration, memorial, rite, ritual, pageant, observance
  23. (ceremony) n. an act or series of acts done in a special way established by tradition
  24. With the exception of low masses and offices that were simply recited, there was singing at High Mass on Sundays and on the main feast days; at Sunday vespers; at salutations, benedictions, and expositions of the Blessed Sacrament; and during processions (Blessed Sacrament, Assumption). ...
  25. Erin Carver visits various houses of worship.