ceremony

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, ceremonial occasion, observance
2. Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way (synset 101028839)
   "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes: chanoyu, tea ceremony - an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
3. The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion (synset 101029321)
   "an inaugural ceremony"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony - the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
   • purgation, purification - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
   • lustrum - a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
   • religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning
   • military ceremony - a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary
   • presentation - the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward)

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