ceremonial
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5.7
- adjective
- /ˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəl/
- Formal
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ceremonial
- During the festival, the community gathered for a ceremonial dance to celebrate the harvest.
- a ceremonial dress
- a ceremonial occasion
- a ceremonial event
But there's an entire like ceremonial function to it.
- But there's an entire like ceremonial function to it.
- Tutankhamun was found with two ceremonial trumpets in his tomb.
- And this is the Matcha Matcha ceremonial set.
- He saw now now Zara and the Quorum flashing Crimson gold in the Mandate's finest ceremonial robes.
- And what I've come to realize is that one or two things is very symbolic and ceremonial.
- Now so much depends on these words of Einhardt, who then goes on to describe them going around in these ceremonial carts.
- And this priest comes out and he gestures to me to come backstage because as the godfather, they want me to wear a ceremonial robe.
- If this is aliens, it's like the least ceremonial way that you'd no, no landing on the White House lawn, just right digging about in the Pacific, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Examples
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Ornamentation of the body for ceremonial purposes is integral to Dangme social and political life.
Academic text (1991) -
The spring flowed into a small ceremonial pool intended for ritual ablution.
Fiction book (1994) -
The ceremonial fire was near the line.
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The land was still there, and the ceremonial dance grounds still existed.
Academic text (1999) -
Why are you wearing a ceremonial headband?
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Tutankhamun was found with two ceremonial trumpets in his tomb.
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At the cities' centers were huge ceremonial areas with magnificent temples and palaces built around a plaza.
Academic text (1990) -
At the parade, the soldiers marched in ceremonial uniforms to honor the nation's heroes.
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The wedding included many ceremonial traditions that reflected the couple's cultural heritage.
Synonyms
394
3.0
Official and proper in a way suitable for important occasions
16
7.2
Done in the same fixed way for a ceremony or tradition
3
4.5
Relating to or done as part of a ceremony
2
7.1
Showing very formal and polite behavior that follows traditional rules
Antonyms
Compounds
A large metal plate people hit to make a loud sound at important moments in ceremonies
How Ceremonial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ceremonial comes from the older word ceremony, from Latin ceremonia, meaning 'formal ritual'. So something described as ceremonial is formal, ritual-like, or done as part of a special ceremony.