ceremony
• noun (pl. ceremonies) 1 a formal occasion, typically celebrating a particular event or anniversary. 2 the ritual procedures observed at such occasions. — PHRASES stand on ceremony observe formalities. without ceremony without formality or politeness. — ORIGIN Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship’.
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