What is the meaning of ceremony?

noun

  • A formal event performed on a special occasion.
    • usage: "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
  • Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way.
    • usage: "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"
  • The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion.
    • usage: "an inaugural ceremony"
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