Ceremony: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

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The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

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The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

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The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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of Formality

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The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

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The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or…

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The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

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The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A perio…

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of Nuptial

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The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural.

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of Open

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A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.

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Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.

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The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuati…

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The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to i…

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of Wed

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Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

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Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

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Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

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The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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