ceremony
Definitions
- 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.
Equivalents
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Беларускаяцырымонія
বাংলাঅনুষ্ঠান
BosanskiaktceremonijafestmenoObradritualsvečanosttržastvoобредритуалсвечаносттребатржаствоцеремонија
Catalàcerimònia
Cymraegseremoni
Danskceremoni
Esperantoceremonio
Euskarazeremonia
فارسیمراسم
Gàidhligdeas-ghnàth
Galegocerimonia
עבריתטקס
HrvatskiaktceremonijafestmenoObradritualsvečanosttržastvoобредритуалсвечаносттребатржаствоцеремонија
Magyarszertartás
Íslenskaathöfn
Italianocerimonia
ქართულიცერემონია
Қазақ тілірәсім
ភាសាខ្មែរពិធី
ລາວພິທີ
Lietuviųceremonija
Latviešuceremonija
Македонскицеремонија
Монголёслол
Bahasa Melayuupacara
မြန်မာအခမ်းအနား
Polskiakademiaakademijnyakademikaakademiowyceremoniaceremoniałceremoniarzfestobchodyobrzędoficjałkauroczystość
Portuguêscerimônia
Românăceremonie
Slovenčinaobrad
ئۇيغۇرچەمۇراسىم
Examples
“To whom the Priest with naked armes full net Approching nigh, and murdrous knife well whet, Gan mutter close⟳ a certaine secret charme, With other diuelish ceremonies met:”
“In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep⟳ [the passover] in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep⟳ it.”
“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”
“This year, due to the fact that the 24th of the Hebrew month of Tishrei falls on Shabbat, the ceremonies will be held on Sunday, the 25th of Tishrei, as they will be every year when the 24th of Tishrei falls on Shabbat.”
“a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony”
“Promontory's "last⟳ spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.”
“[…] to feed⟳ were best at home; From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony; Meeting were bare without it.”
“Monsieur Bridet, notwithstanding his costume and his evident harrassment [sic], found in himself the presence of mind⟳ to remain⟳ the attentive manager, and with ceremony effected the proper introduction.”
“They went into the bars and interrupted the drinking, hustling the men out without ceremony.”
“Meanwhile the winged Heralds, by command Of sovereign power, with awful ceremony And trumpet’s sound⟳, throughout the host⟳ proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held At Pandemonium […]”
“Immediately after her arrival, the queen rode forth to survey the camp and its environs: wherever she went, she was attended by a splendid retinue; and all the commanders vied with each other, in the pomp and ceremony with which they received her.”
“[…] his ceremonies laid by, in his nakedness he appears but a man […]”
“[…] Well, believe⟳ this, No ceremony that to great ones ’longs, Not the king’s crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal’s truncheon, nor the judge’s robe, Become⟳ them with one half so good a grace As mercy does.”
“For he is superstitious grown of late, Quite from the main opinion he held once Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.”
“Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet now they fright me.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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