ceremony

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noun

1. a formal event performed on a special occasion (Freq. 9)
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
• Syn:
ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
• Derivationally related forms:
observe (for: observance), ceremonial (for: ceremonial), ceremonial
• Hypernyms:
affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
• Hyponyms:
circumstance, funeral, wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials,
hymeneals, pageant, pageantry, dedication, opening, commemoration,
memorialization, memorialisation, military ceremony, initiation, induction, installation,
exercise, fire walking, formality, formalities, Maundy, potlatch
2. any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
ceremonial, ceremonious
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
tea ceremony, chanoyu
3. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion (Freq. 2)
- an inaugural ceremony
• Derivationally related forms:
ceremonial, ceremonious
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, purification, purgation, lustrum,
religious ceremony, religious ritual, military ceremony, presentation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance