Definitions for ceremony

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ceremony cer·e·mo·ny

Spelling: [ser-uh-moh-nee]

IPA: /ˈsɛr əˌmoʊ ni/

Ceremony is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in ceremony (ceemnory).

Definitions for ceremony

noun

1. the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion:
2. a formal religious or sacred observance; a solemn rite:
3. formal observances or gestures collectively; ceremonial observances:
4. any formal act or observance, especially a meaningless one:
5. a gesture or act of politeness or civility:
6. strict adherence to conventional forms; formality:

Idioms

1. stand on ceremony, to behave in a formal or ceremonious manner.

Origin of ceremony

1350-1400; Middle English ceremonie Medieval Latin cēremōnia, Latin caerimōnia sacred rite; replacing Middle English cerymonye Middle French cerimonie Latin, as above

Examples for ceremony

Then there was the ceremony of the Corn to learn, the prayers and the dances.

The ceremony is gone through for the sake of pleasing a deity.

At the end of the ceremony applauding him, Bergman walked to his table to embrace Hitchcock.

Ricky Gervais, the sultan of scorn, uttered that cheeky bit while emceeing the Golden Globes ceremony a few years back.

The ceremony ended with a singing of “God Bless America,” with some of those in the stands as well as de Blasio singing along.

Peter knew he was experiencing a ceremony of some kind, the significance of which he must learn.

He had a special knife designed to cut the dense loaf, and a ceremony to precede cutting the cake.

I was certainly present at the ceremony, but I have utterly forgotten her name.

In this ceremony it was known that John Castell had been doomed to play a leading part.

When he is awarded Player of the Match while competing for India in England, he is given champagne at the ceremony.