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CEREMONY

ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance - n 
a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

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Synonyms

ceremonial, form, formality, observance, rite, ritual, solemnity

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Examples

“We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity.”

“This ceremony, after being almost forgotten, has been revived in modern times.”

“The ceremony has been revived also in several other Derbyshire villages.”

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Etymology

late 14c., cerymonye, "a religious observance, a solemn rite," from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome.

Introduced in English by Wyclif. Also from late 14c. as "a conventional usage of politeness, formality." Disparaging sense of "mere formality" is by 1550s.

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