Noun: ceremony 'se-ru,mow-nee [N. Amer], se-ru-mu-nee [Brit]
- A formal event performed on a special occasion
"a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor";
- ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
- Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
"he disposed of it without ceremony"; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"
- The proper or conventional behaviour on some solemn occasion
"an inaugural ceremony"
Derived forms: ceremonies
Type of: activity
Encyclopedia: Ceremony