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pageantry
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Pageantry
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pag·eant·ry
/
ˈpædʒ
ən
tri
/
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[
paj
-
uh
n-tree
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
pag·eant·ries.
1.
spectacular display; pomp:
the pageantry of a coronation.
2.
mere show; empty display.
3.
pageants
collectively;
pageants
and the performance of
pageants
.
Origin:
1600–10;
pageant
+
-ry
Synonyms
1.
spectacle, ceremony, show.
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pageantry
(ˈpædʒəntrɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-ries
1.
spectacular display or ceremony
2.
archaic
pageants collectively
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
pageantry
1650s; see
pageant
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
There's a lot of
pageantry
on display at derbies, too.
Brits are known for theater,
pageantry
, music and humor.
Each program is a blend of historical tradition,
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and music.
The four-in-hand, as can be gathered from the above description, did not in any
way in his eyes represent possible
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.
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After the
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and speeches, it was finally time to fly.
Scientific uses for balloons eventually superseded
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.
The conventions are extravaganzas, full of
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and showmanship.
Shortly before this work was painted, however, the elaborate
pageantry
of the festival was curtailed.
Royal building programmes and
pageantry
came to seem wasteful extravagance.
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