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Definition of Ceremonial

1. Noun. A formal event performed on a special occasion. "A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

2. Adjective. Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality. "Ceremonial garb"

Definition of Ceremonial

1. a. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

2. n. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.

Definition of Ceremonial

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony; ritual or formal. ¹

2. Noun. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ceremonial

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceremonial

cerebrotonias cerebrotonic cerebrovascular cerebrovascular accident cerebrovascular accident prevention cerebrovascular circulation cerebrovascular disease cerebroventricular cerebrum cerebrums

cerecloth cerecloths cered cerement cerements ceremonial behaviour ceremonial dance ceremonial occasion ceremonialism ceremonialisms

ceremonialist ceremonialists ceremonially ceremonialness ceremonials ceremonies ceremonious ceremoniously ceremoniousness

Literary usage of Ceremonial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"The formal ceremonial 75 Typical ceremonial behavior 75 General character of ceremonial 75 Fundamental elements of ceremonial 7S Human sacrifice 7S ..."

2. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"This explains why the Spanish ceremonial was enabled to make its way first'to France and thence ... The infinitely rigid forms of this ceremonial (see I^cil ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"... much less is the whole ceremonial worship here enjoined, as Master Primrose maintains ; for the whole ceremonial worship, both in sacrifice, ceremonies, ..."

4. The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities by Travers Twiss (1861)
"allowed to it upon implied conditions of a totally different kind. ceremonial § 184. There is an order of Maritime ceremonial ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Each had its special religious significance and ceremonial purpose, particularly the rattle, ... A special dance and secret ceremonial preceded the contest. ..."

6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"first used as a synonym for ceremonial, which had been brought in from the French in the 14th century. George Campbell, in his 1776 Philosophy ..."

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