ceremonial

Noun
  1. A formal event performed on a special occasion (synset 107465442)
    "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
    is a type of: affair, function, occasion, social function, social occasion - a vaguely specified social event
    subtypes:
    • circumstance - formal ceremony about important occasions
    • funeral, obsequy - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    • hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
    • pageant, pageantry - a rich and spectacular ceremony
    • dedication - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
    • opening - a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
    • commemoration, memorialisation, memorialization - a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
    • military ceremony - a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
    • induction, initiation, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    • exercise - (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
    • fire walking - the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
    • formalities, formality - a requirement of etiquette or custom
    • maundy - a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
    • potlatch - a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
    same as: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance
Adjective
  1. Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality (synset 301046173)
    "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"
    similar to: formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

Other Searches