ceremony
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
Other meanings
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
“a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony”
A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
Related words
- preceremony
- New Fire ceremony
- ceremonial
- ceremonialism
- ceremonially
- ceremonialness
- ceremoniless
- ceremonious
- ceremoniously
- ceremoniousness
- closing ceremony
- initiation ceremony
Word history
From Latin "caerimonia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ceremony” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.