- (a.) Relating to ceremony or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
- (n.) 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.
- (a.) Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.].
- (n.) The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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