 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ceremonial
adjective: marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial
occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
noun: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony
commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: {ceremony}, {ceremonial
occasion}, {observance}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ceremonial \Cer'e*mo"ni*al\, adjective [L. caerimonialis: cf. F.
c['e]rimonial. See {Ceremony}.]
1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according
to the forms of established rites.
Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam.
2. Observant of forms; ceremonious.
Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne.
He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ceremonial \Cer'e*mo"ni*al\, noun
1. 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.
The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court.
--Prescott.
2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic
church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be
observed on solemn occasions.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "ceremonial":
High-Church, august, baccalaureate service, baptismal, buckram,
celebration, celebratory, ceremonious, ceremoniousness, ceremony,
commemorative, commencement, conventional, convocation, courtly,
decorous, dignified, dignity, duty, empty formality, eucharistic,
exercise, exercises, extrinsicality, form, form of worship, formal,
formality, formalization, formula, formular, formulary, function,
graduation, graduation exercises, gravity, hieratic, holy rite,
impersonality, imposing, inaugural, inauguration, initiation,
institution, liturgic, liturgical, liturgistic, liturgy, lofty,
mannered, mode of worship, mummery, mystery, observance, office,
order of worship, ordinance, paschal, performance, pomp, pomposity,
pompous, practice, prescribed form, primness, religious ceremony,
rigid, rigidness, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual,
ritual observance, ritualistic, rituality, sacerdotal, sacrament,
sacramental, sacramentarian, service, set, solemn, solemnity,
solemnization, starchiness, starchy, stately, stiff, stiffness,
stiltedness, studied, stylization, stylized, weight,
well-mannered
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