A ceremony is a formal event held on special occasions such as weddings and graduations. Even if an occasion isn’t traditionally honored with a ceremony, you can hold one anyway; we know your cat’s third birthday is important.
Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events;
Noun
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"
Noun
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
Noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
n.
Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical
character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of
important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the
transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events;
as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in
consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
n.
Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method
of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom
or authority.
n.
A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter,
garland, etc.
n.
A sign or prodigy; a portent.
Ceremony
According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover].
Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake.
[The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council.2.
Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none.
Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them.3.
Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with C'91sar's trophies.4.
C'91sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me.
Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events;
Usage Examples
There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. I've been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony.
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
The day I won an Emmy was also the day my father passed away. I received a call from my sister on the way to the ceremony and had to turn my car around and catch the first flight back to Karachi.
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'
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Other Usage ExamplesThe ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.
One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will.
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