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ceremony, n.
(ceremonies)
freq. cnt. 15

a formal event performed on a special occasion
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9

ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony observance

sample sentences

"a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

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occasion, affair, social occasion, function, social function

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circumstance funeral, obsequy wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals pageant, pageantry dedication opening commemoration, memorialization, memorialisation military ceremony initiation, induction, installation exercise fire walking formality, formalities Maundy potlatch

any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

ceremony

sample sentences

"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"

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ceremonial ceremonious

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tea ceremony, chanoyu

the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

ceremony

sample sentences

"an inaugural ceremony"

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ceremonial ceremonious

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groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony purification, purgation lustrum religious ceremony, religious ritual military ceremony presentation

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