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ceremony
noun ceremonies
    1. A ritual performed to mark a particular, especially public or religious, occasion.
      Thesaurus: celebration, event, observance, commemoration, parade, service, ritual, rite.
    2. Formal politeness.
      Thesaurus: etiquette, decorum, protocol, civility, propriety, nicety.
    3. Ceremonial rituals collectively.
Idiom: stand on ceremony
    To insist on behaving formally.
Idiom: without ceremony
    In a hasty informal way.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin caerimonia sacredness or rite.



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