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ceremony

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ceremony
n. rite, ritual; celebration; formality

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Ceremony
A ceremony (, ) is an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin caerimonia.

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ceremony
Noun
1. a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
(synonym) ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
(hypernym) affair, occasion, social occasion, function, social function
(hyponym) circumstance
2. 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"
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) tea ceremony, chanoyu
3. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony


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ceremony
n. obřad; ceremoniál; společenské náležitosti; slavnostně otevřena

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ceremony
Rzecz. uroczystość; ceremonia; ceremonia; z wszelkimi honorami