ceremony
ceremony is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
- noun. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.
- noun. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.
- noun. A sign or prodigy; a portent.
- 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"
- 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"
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