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ceremony [ cer·e·mo·ny ]
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Noun (ceremonies)
1. A formal religious or public occasion, especially one celebrating a particular event, achievement, or anniversary.
Before the meeting got underway, there was a brief opening ceremony.
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2. An act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form.
we found a rabbi to perform the ceremony for us
3. The ritual observances and procedures required or performed at grand and formal occasions.
the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony
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4. Formal polite behaviour.
he showed them to their table with great ceremony
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1. Late Middle English from Old French ceremonie or Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship’, (plural) ‘ritual observances’.
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