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adjective

Ceremonial adj.

Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. "Ceremonial observances and outward show."

Observant of forms; ceremonious. Note: (In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.) "He moves in the dull ceremonial track."

noun

Ceremonial 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. "The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court."

The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

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Etymology of 'Ceremonial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... know," Rube said. "If we were mere American soldiers, they would cut our throats at once: as it is, they may keep us for a more ceremonial killing." ...

— Out on the Pampas - The Young Settlers • G. A. Henty

... bent his knee before her, and looked up at her smilingly and joyously. "Crown me, Cousin Louisa Henrietta," he said, with ceremonial pathos—"crown me and give me ...

— The Youth of the Great Elector • L. Muhlbach

... Mingling flows, Grave, ceremonial, pure, As once, from lips that endure, The cosmic descant rose, When the temporal lord of life, Going his golden way, Had taken a wondrous maid to wife That long had ...

— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... Borgias: the Spaniards, Juan Lopez, Caranza, and Marades; and among the Romans, the Orsini, Porcari, Cesarini, and Barberini. The cardinal himself was an exceedingly abstemious man, but magnificent in everything which concerned the pomp and ceremonial of his position. The chief requirement of a cardinal of that day was to own a princely residence and to have ...

— Lucretia Borgia - According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day • Ferdinand Gregorovius

... Sir James, "to stay till I had seen him made Earle of Leicester, and Baron of Denbigh, with great solemnity; herself (Elizabeth) helping to put on his ceremonial, he sitting on his knees before her, keeping a great gravity and a discreet behaviour; but she could not refrain from putting her hand to his neck to kittle (i.e., tickle) him, smilingly, the French Ambassador and I standing beside her."—MELVILLE'S ...

— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott

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