Ceremonial

Definition: Ceremonial

Ceremonial

Adjective

1. Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb".

Noun

1. A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ceremonial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Ceremonial

Courtesy

Compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial;salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.

Ostentation

Theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.

Ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness.

Rite

Noun: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation; (spell); service, psalmody; (worship).

Adjective: ritual, ritualistic; ceremonial; baptismal, eucharistical; paschal.

Crosswords: Ceremonial

Albanian (ceremonial, ceremonious, formal), Romanian (ceremonial, formal, heraldry, honor, honour), Spanish (ceremonial, ritualistic).

Something without which no ribbon-cutting ceremony could proceed: the ceremonial oversized scissors (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Look! There's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up (Back to the Future; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

Military Ceremonial - Part 4: Funeral Parades (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Ceremonial Death (reference)

• Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism and the Book of Secret Hindu, Ceremonial, and Talismanic Magic (reference)

• Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and the Great Fifty Days: A Ceremonial Guide (reference)

• Religions of Mesoamerica: Cosmovision and Ceremonial Centers (reference)

• Tarot of Ceremonial Magick Deck: A Pictorial Synthesis of the Three Great Pillars of Magick (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ (reference)

• Explorer: East Africa - Ceremonial & Folk (reference)

• Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

H. Arnold Karo Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey 1955-1965 Deputy Administrator of ESSA with rank of Vice-Admiral 1965-1966 At ceremonial keel-laying of C&GS Ship SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

West elevation. Photograph by John A. Bryan, August 1952. (Reproduction Number: HABS ND,28-ELBO,2-1) When this HABS photograph was taken, this thirteen-sided log structure was one of the last remaining Indian dance lodges in the country. Built in 1921 by members of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, the lodge is reminiscent of the ceremonial earthen lodges the tribes once erected along the upper Missouri River. The Hidatsa and the Mandan were long recognized as the farmers, merchants, and bankers of the Northern Plains. Archaeological evidence suggests that with the help of the Arikara, they traded with other Indian tribes from as far away as the present-day American Southwest. Credit: Library of Congress.

[H. Smith's ceremonial shovel of dirt] photographed by Robert S. Pumphrey. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[John Blake's ceremonial shovel of dirt] photographed by Robert S. Pumphrey. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Black man with ceremonial mace and letter I. Credit: Library of Congress.

The eagle dancers, Stand Rock Indian ceremonial. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ceremonial dance. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shriners Ceremonial. Credit: Library of Congress.

Samoan Chief - head and shoulders, wearing ceremonial headdress. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

The above series of contacts and courtesy calls, while mostly ceremonial, serves to appease those who might later interfere with negotiations, and whose approval will likely be required sooner or later to facilitate business. (references)

Civil Liberties

Equatorial Guinea

For example, a Roman Catholic Mass normally is part of any major ceremonial function such as the October 12 national day. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

As titular head of state, the King plays a ceremonial and symbolic role in the nation. (references)

Norway

The functions of the King are mainly ceremonial, but he has influence as the symbol of national unity. (references)

Human Rights

Nigeria

There were reports that police killed persons suspected of belonging to the OPC if they found ceremonial cuts or marking on the detainees' backs. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Among the initiatives still pending are educational reforms that include bilingual and intercultural components, promotion of the use of indigenous languages, and the conservation and protection of ceremonial sites. (references)

Political Economy

Luxembourg

The role of the Grand Duke is mainly ceremonial and administrative. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

The Government also has placed significant obstacles in the way of opposition political figures' candidacy for the presidency, a largely ceremonial position that nonetheless has significant budget oversight powers, as well as some powers over civil service appointments and internal security affairs. (references)

Travel

Qatar

In recent years, Qataris have been giving up their age-old tradition of hosting ceremonial dinners at home. (references)

Women

Indonesia

According to reports, FGM practices appear to be increasingly symbolic in nature (for example, a pinprick or the cutting of a ceremonial root). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "ceremonial": Ceremonial Behavior ♦ ceremonial Chemicals ♦ ceremonial dance ♦ ceremonial dress ♦ ceremonial hall ♦ Ceremonial law ♦ ceremonial occasion ♦ ceremonial room ♦ ceremonial step. Additional references.

Ending with "ceremonial": open-ceremonial.

Albanian

ceremonial (ceremonious, formal), ceremoni (ceremony, circumstance, exercises, function, proceedings, rite), zyrtar (administrative, ceremonious, donnish, formal, functionary, magistrate, official, officialese, officinal, regular), sjellje tepër zyrtare, rit (observance, ritual), me shumë etiketë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏طقسي (liturgical, ritual), ‏طقس (ceremony, climate, rite, weather), ‏إحتفالي (festive, pompous, solemn), ‏إحتفال (celebration, gala, occasion, revel), ‏رسمي (authoritative, ceremonious, cocktail dress, dressed, formal, official, picturesque, solemn, starchy, state, stiff), ‏شعيرة (rite, ritual), ‏شعائري (ritual, ritualist, ritualistic, solemn). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ритуал (initiation, observance, rite, ritual), церемониален (ceremonious, solemn), церемониал (etiquette, form), официален (dress, dressy, formal, official, solemn, state), обреден (rite, sacral), обред (ceremony, exercise, observance, office, ordinance, rite, ritual), етикет (check, docket, etiquette, formality, label, stamp, sticker, tab, tally, ticket). (various references)

Chinese 

礼仪. (various references)

Czech

ceremoniál, slavnostní (dressy, festive, formal, solemn), obřadní (sacral), obřad (ceremony, observance, ordinance, rite, ritual). (various references)

Danish

ved officielle lejligheder (on ceremonial occasions), soveceremoniel (sleep ceremonial), selskabssko (ceremonial shoe). (various references)

Dutch

ceremonieel tenue (ceremonial dress), bij plechtigheden (on ceremonial occasions), balschoen (ceremonial shoe). (various references)

Farsi 

مربوطبه جشن , تشریفاتی , تشریفات (Ceremony, Protocol, Ritual, Service, Starch), اداب (Etiquette, Mores, Rite). (various references)

Finnish

juhlakenkä (ceremonial shoe). (various references)

French

cérémonial (ceremonially). (various references)

German

zeremoniell (ceremonially, ceremonious), feierlich (ceremonious, festive, formal, formally, grand, grave, magisterial, ritualistic, solemn, solemnly). (various references)

Greek 

επίσημοσ (authoritative, ceremonious, formal, ministerial, notable, solemn), εθιμοτυπικόσ (conventional), τυπικόσ (ceremonious, conventional, formal, modal, perfunctory, prim, starched, typical), τελετή (celebration, ceremony, rite, state), τελετουργικόσ (ritual, ritualistic), τελετουργικός. (various references)

Hebrew 

ח�'י�'י (festal, festive, solemn), טקסי (ceremonious, solemn, state), רשמי (formal, official). (various references)

Hungarian

szertartásos (ceremonious, punctilious, ritual, ritualized, starchy, stiff), ünnepélyes (ceremonious, festive, grave, solemn, to salaam, to solemnize), szertartás (ceremony, mummery, observance, ordinance, rite, ritual, service), ünnepély (ceremony, exercises, festival, solemnity). (various references)

Indonesian

upacara (ceremony, rite), peraturan adat. (various references)

Italian

cerimoniale (ceremonially, etiquette). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

儀式�"� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎしきよう. (various references)

Manx

staydoilagh (pompous, pompous person, stately, vulgar), jesh-chliaghtey (ceremony), jesh-chliaghtaghys, jesh-chliaghtagh (ceremonious). (various references)

Norwegian

seremoniell. (various references)

Papago

gohimeli (ceremonial dance). (various references)

Pig Latin

eremonialcay.(various references)

Portuguese

cerimonial (etiquette, ordinance, pomp, ritual). (various references)

Romanian

ceremonie (ceremoniousness, ceremony, circumstance, form, formality, observance, rite, ritual, solemnity, state), ceremonial (formal, heraldry, honor, honour), ritual (ceremony, form, formulary, observance, ordinance, ordinary, rite, ritual), protocol (protocol), oficial (approved, authoritative, authorized, coldly, conventional, conventionally, formal, formally, governmental, inspired, legal, official, officially, state, stiffly), de ceremonie (full dress, state). (various references)

Russian 

церемониальный (ceremonious), церемониал церемониальный, церемониал, формальный (formal, pro forma, solemn), торжественный (gala, sacramental, solemn, state). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ceremonijalan (ceremonious), ceremonijal, obred (ceremony, ordinance, rite, ritual). (various references)

Spanish

ceremonial (ritualistic). (various references)

Swedish

ceremoniell (formal, measured, stiff), högtids-. (various references)

Thai

เป็นพิธีการ (ceremonious), เป็นทางการ, ระบบของพิธีการ. (various references)

Turkish

törensel (ceremonious, ritual), tören (celebration, ceremony, exercise, formality, investiture, solemnity, state), seremoni (ceremony), resmi (authorized, ceremonious, certificated, civil, formal, legal, official, regulation, solemn, starchy, state, statutory), merasimli (ceremonious, solemn), merasim (ceremonies, ceremony), dini törenle ilgili (ceremonious), ayin (ceremony, litany, observance, ordinance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service). (various references)

Turkmen 

dabaraly. (various references)

Ukrainian

урочистий (gala, solemn, sonorous), розпорядок війскових урочистостей, ритуальний (ritual, ritualistic, sacral), ритуал (agendum, ceremony, observance, practice, ritual, sacramental), церемоніальний, церемоніал (ceremony), формальний (formal, official, technical, token), офіційний (formal, functional, functionary, official, solemn), обрядовий (ritual, sacral, sacramental), обряд (ceremony, observance, ordinance, rite), протокольний, парадний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuộc nghi thức để dùng trong cuộc lễ, thuộc nghi lễ, nghi thức sự tuân theo nghi thức, nghi lễ (solemnity). (various references)

Welsh

seremoni%ol. (various references)

sollemnis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ceremonial": ceremonialism, ceremonialisms, ceremonialist, ceremonialists, ceremonially, ceremonials. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ceremonial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceremoniall, ceremonie, cermonial, ceromonial. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: arecoline.

-2 letters: acrolein, amelcorn, colinear, comelier, cornmeal, reliance.

-3 letters: aileron, aliener, alienor, almoner, calorie, cariole, carline, carmine, cineole, claimer, clarion, cleaner, coalier, coremia, corneae, corneal, eloiner, encomia, incomer, limacon, loamier, loricae, manlier, marline, mealier, melanic, menacer, mineral, minorca, miracle, moraine, reclaim, reclame, reclean, recline, romaine, romance.

-4 letters: aeonic, airmen, aliner, almner, alnico, amerce, anemic.

+1 letter: ceremonials.

+2 letters: ceremonially.

+3 letters: ceremonialism, ceremonialist, comradeliness, neurochemical, semiporcelain.

+4 letters: ceremonialisms, ceremonialists, cholestyramine, conglomerative, counterclaimed, electrodynamic, intermolecular, laryngectomies, neurochemicals, nongeometrical, overcompliance, semiporcelains.

+5 letters: adrenalectomies, cholestyramines, complementaries, complementarily, complementarity, comradelinesses, econometrically, electrodynamics, electromagnetic, incommensurable, laryngectomized, magnetoelectric, overcompliances.