CEREMONY

• (noun) any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way

  "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"

• (noun) the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion

  "an inaugural ceremony"

• (noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion

  "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

  synonyms : ceremonial , ceremonial occasion , observance

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