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English to English noun
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a formal event performed on a special occasion |  | Example: a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
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any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion | | Example: an inaugural ceremony
source: wordnet30
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Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. | | source: webster1913
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