Definition of Military ceremony

1. Noun. A formal ceremony performed by military personnel.


2. Noun. A military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary.
Generic synonyms: Ceremony
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Ceremony

military academies
military academy
military action
military adviser
military advisor
military antishock trousers
military attache
military attaché
military attachés
military band
military blockade
military brat
military campaign
military capability
military censorship
military ceremony (current term)
military chaplain
military commission
military control
military court
military dentistry
military drill
military engine
military engineer
military engines
military exercise
military exercises
military expedition
military force
military formation

Literary usage of Military ceremony

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

1. The University Review (1905)
"The Royal procession then retired to view the Firth Hall, and to take part in a military ceremony held in Weston Park. A garden party followed, ..."

2. Paris Past & Present by Henry Haynie (1902)
"... Terror—Their last repose in the Rue Picpus—Funeral service of Marshal MacMahon—A splendid military ceremony—Captured flags and standards — The artillery ..."

3. Paris Past & Present by Henry Haynie (1902)
"... service of Marshal MacMahon—A splendid military ceremony—Captured flags and standards — The artillery museum — Tomb of Napoleon—Anecdote of Queen ..."

4. Military Education in the United States by Ira Louis Reeves (1914)
"The handling of troops, even in a simple military ceremony, requires not only concentration but constructive ability, and the moment that the work leaves ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1895)
"Upon occasions of military ceremony, in the execution of drills, guard duty, and when students are receiving any other practical military instruction, ..."

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