ceremony
/ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/ noun B1- A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event. · a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony
- A wedding ceremony; a marriage.
- A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
- Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
Plural ceremonies
From the library
“Who are you?” demanded Miss Josephine Barry, without ceremony.
--“My mind, however, is now made up on the subject; for, having received ordination at Easter, I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with grateful respect towards her Ladyship, and be ever ready to perform those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England.
Wickham should invent such a history of himself as he gave me last night; names, facts, everything mentioned without ceremony.
“My dear Miss Elizabeth, I have the highest opinion in the world of your excellent judgment in all matters within the scope of your understanding, but permit me to say that there must be a wide difference between the established forms of ceremony amongst the laity and those which regulate the clergy; for, give me leave to observe that I consider the clerical office as equal in point of dignity with the highest rank in the kingdom--provided that a proper humility of behaviour is at the same time maintained.
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