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ceremony

CEREMONY, n.

1. Outward rite; external form in religion.

2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.

3. Outward forms of state; the forms prescribed or established by order or custom, serving for the purpose of civility or magnificence, as in levees of princes, the reception of ambassadors, &c.

Master of ceremonies, an officer who superintends the reception of ambassadors. A person who regulates the forms to be observed by the company or attendants on a public occasion.


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CEREMONY, n.

1. Outward rite; external form in religion.

2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.

3. Outward forms of state; the forms prescribed or established by order or custom, serving for the purpose of civility or magnificence, as in levees of princes, the reception of ambassadors, &c.

Master of ceremonies, an officer who superintends the reception of ambassadors. A person who regulates the forms to be observed by the company or attendants on a public occasion.

CER'E-MO-NY, n. [L. Sp. It. Port. ceremonia; Fr. ceremonie.]

  1. Outward rite; external form in religion.
  2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.
  3. Outward forms of state; the forms prescribed or established by order or custom, serving for the purpose of civility or magnificence, as in levees of princes, the reception of embassadors, &c. Master of ceremonies, an officer who superintends the reception of embassadors. A person who regulates the forms to be observed by the company or attendants on a public occasion.

Cer"e*mo*ny
  1. 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.

    According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover].
    Numb. ix. 3

    Bring her up the high altar, that she may
    The sacred ceremonies there partake.
    Spenser.

    [The heralds] with awful ceremony
    And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim
    A solemn council.
    Milton.

  2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.

    Ceremony was but devised at first
    To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . .
    But where there is true friendship there needs none.
    Shak.

    Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them.
    Chesterfield.

  3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.

    [Obs.]

    Disrobe the images,
    If you find them decked with ceremonies.
    . . . Let no images
    Be hung with Cæsar's trophies.
    Shak.

  4. A sign or prodigy; a portent.

    [Obs.]

    Cæsar, I never stood on ceremonies,
    Yet, now they fright me.
    Shak.

    Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

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Ceremony

CEREMONY, noun

1. Outward rite; external form in religion.

2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.

3. Outward forms of state; the forms prescribed or established by order or custom, serving for the purpose of civility or magnificence, as in levees of princes, the reception of ambassadors, etc.

Master of ceremonies, an officer who superintends the reception of ambassadors. A person who regulates the forms to be observed by the company or attendants on a public occasion.

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