ceremony

Nouns

  • (n) a formal event performed on a special occasion
    • a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
    ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance,
  • (n) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
    • 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
  • (n) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
    • an inaugural ceremony

Synonyms

ceremonial ceremonial occasion observance

Words of close approximity