English noun: ceremony | |||
1. | ceremony (event) a formal event performed on a special occasion | ||
Samples | A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor. | ||
Synonyms | ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | circumstance, commemoration, dedication, exercise, fire walking, formalities, formality, funeral, hymeneals, induction, initiation, installation, Maundy, memorialisation, memorialization, military ceremony, nuptials, opening, pageant, pageantry, potlatch, wedding, wedding ceremony | ||
2. | ceremony (act) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chanoyu, tea ceremony | ||
3. | ceremony (act) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | ||
Samples | An inaugural ceremony. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, lustrum, military ceremony, presentation, purgation, purification, religious ceremony, religious ritual | ||