ceremony
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: activity |
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(noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony" |
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Related Words: activity, groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony, lustrum, military ceremony, religious ceremony, religious ritual |
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(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" |
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Synonyms: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance |
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Related Words: affair, commemoration, dedication, exercise, fire walking, formalities, formality, funeral, induction, initiation, installation, memorialisation, memorialization, military ceremony, nuptials, occasion, opening, pageant, pageantry, social occasion, wedding, wedding ceremony |
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