Definition of ceremony

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Ceremony (n.) Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.

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Formality :: Formality (n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Conge :: Conge (n.) The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal..
Puncto :: Puncto (n.) A nice point of form or ceremony.
Bundle :: Bundle (v. i.) To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service..
Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge..
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) A church solemnity or ceremony celebrated at Rome, at stated intervals, originally of one hundred years, but latterly of twenty-five; a plenary and extraordinary indulgence grated by the sovereign pontiff to the universal church. One invariable condition of granting this indulgence is the confession of sins and receiving of the eucharist..
Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) 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..
Eucharist :: Eucharist (n.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion..
Nuptial :: Nuptial (n.) Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.
Stick-seed :: Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony..
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath..
Wedlock :: Wedlock (v. i.) The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony..
Bundle :: Bundle (v. t.) To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
Punctilio :: Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony..
Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) A sign or prodigy; a portent.
Ceremony :: Ceremony (n.) Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect..
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