ceremony
a formal event performed on a special occasion
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,747 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,042 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a formal event performed on a special occasion also: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
- any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the winehe makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball
- the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion an inaugural ceremony
ceremony in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But that ceremony the two elder obstinately declined.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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As the ceremony was completed the Wizard King arrived.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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This ceremony over, the king got up, and with similar reverences returned to his stall.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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She had even made the cake which was now cut with some ceremony by her father.
Barlasch of the Guard · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1
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It takes more ceremony to get a word from his throat than a dollar from his pocket.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1