ceremonial

Alternative forms

• cæremonial (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

ceremonial (comparative more ceremonial, superlative most ceremonial)

1. Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony; ritual or formal.
   • Hallam

     Ceremonial observances and outward show.

2. (archaic) Observant of forms; ceremonious.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)

   • John Dryden

     He moves in the dull ceremonial track.

Noun

ceremonial (plural ceremonials)

1. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292:

     Curtsies and the usual ceremonials between women who are strangers to each other, being past, Sophia said, “I have not the pleasure to know you, madam.”

Adjective

ceremonial (plural ceremoniales)

1. ceremonial