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cer⋅e⋅mo⋅ni⋅al

[ser-uh-moh-nee-uhl]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
2. used in or in connection with ceremonies: ceremonial robes.
–noun
3. a system of ceremonies, rites, or formalities prescribed for or observed on any particular occasion; a rite.
4. Roman Catholic Church.
a. the order for rites and ceremonies.
b. a book containing it.
5. formal behavior found at, or appropriate to, a certain occasion: the ceremonial of a state banquet.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML cēremōniālis, LL caerimōniālis. See ceremony, -al 1


cer⋅e⋅mo⋅ni⋅al⋅ism, noun
cer⋅e⋅mo⋅ni⋅al⋅ist, noun
cer⋅e⋅mo⋅ni⋅al⋅ly, adverb


1. solemn, conventional, ceremonious. 3. ritual, liturgy.


1. informal.
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