'Ceremonial' definitions:
Definition of 'ceremonial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
noun
A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance]
Definition of 'Ceremonial'
From: GCIDE
- Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. caerimonialis: cf. F. c['e]rimonial. See Ceremony.]
- 1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. [1913 Webster]
- Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Observant of forms; ceremonious.
- Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ceremonial'
From: GCIDE
- Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, n.
- 1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form. [1913 Webster]
- The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ceremonial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- august,
- baccalaureate service,
- baptismal,
- buckram,
- celebration,
- celebratory,
- ceremonious,
- ceremoniousness,
- ceremony,
- commemorative,
- commencement,
- conventional,
- convocation,
- courtly,
- decorous,
- dignified,
- dignity,
- duty,
- empty formality,
- eucharistic,
- exercise,
- exercises,
- extrinsicality,
- form,
- form of worship,
- formal,
- formality,
- formalization,
- formula,
- formular,
- formulary,
- function,
- graduation,
- graduation exercises,
- gravity,
- hieratic,
- High-Church,
- holy rite,
- impersonality,
- imposing,
- inaugural,
- inauguration,
- initiation,
- institution,
- liturgic,
- liturgical,
- liturgistic,
- liturgy,
- lofty,
- mannered,
- mode of worship,
- mummery,
- mystery,
- observance,
- office,
- order of worship,
- ordinance,
- paschal,
- performance,
- pomp,
- pomposity,
- pompous,
- practice,
- prescribed form,
- primness,
- religious ceremony,
- rigid,
- rigidness,
- rite,
- rite de passage,
- rite of passage,
- ritual,
- ritual observance,
- ritualistic,
- rituality,
- sacerdotal,
- sacrament,
- sacramental,
- sacramentarian,
- service,
- set,
- solemn,
- solemnity,
- solemnization,
- starchiness,
- starchy,
- stately,
- stiff,
- stiffness,
- stiltedness,
- studied,
- stylization,
- stylized,
- weight,
- well-mannered
Words containing 'Ceremonial'
- Ceremonialism,
- Ceremonially,
- Ceremonialness,
- Ceremonies,
- Ceremonious,
- Ceremoniously,
- Ceremoniousness,
- Ceremony,
- Ceremonial law,
- Master of ceremonies,
- Not to stand on ceremony,
- ceremonial dance,
- ceremonial occasion,
- civil ceremony,
- commencement ceremony,
- groundbreaking ceremony,
- marriage ceremony,
- military ceremony,
- religious ceremony,
- tea ceremony,
- wedding ceremony