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UK
/sˌɛɹɪmˈəʊnɪəl/
]
[ US /ˌsɛɹəˈmoʊniəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌsɛɹəˈmoʊniəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by pomp or ceremony or formality
a ceremonial occasion
ceremonial garb
NOUN
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a formal event performed on a special occasion
a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
How To Use ceremonial In A Sentence
- After six expeditions to Easter Island, including one in 1986 during which he uncovered ancient ceremonial constructions, human teeth and bones, soil containing charcoal, and stonework similar to that found in pre-Inca sites, Thor stoutly phonated that the island's first inhabitants arrived from Peru around 800 B.C., traveling in balsa-log rafts, such as the one he sailed from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, the raft he called Kon Tiki. Richard Bangs: Skullduggery on Easter Island (Part I of II)
- An ancient city of Persia northeast of modern Shiraz in southwest Iran. It was the ceremonial capital of Darius I and his successors.
- The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely ceremonial position.
- She glides to the podium, perfect in every way, from the toes of her green pearlized kid shoes, to the elegant full length Thai silk ceremonial vest, to the top of her jade tiara. Over herez… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- A more traditional, perhaps ceremonial, hat is the fez, worn by older upper-class men.
- Firmin can supply ceremonial aiguillettes and shoulder boards manufactured from gold and silver wires for state ceremonial, aides de camp and senior officers.
- Nowhere in Scripture is the Old Testament law divided into moral/civil and ceremonial.
- Undoubtedly, one of the Hopi clans had used this as a ceremonial kiva. THE JOE LEAPHORN MYSTERIES
- Frazer writes about the ceremonial king of so many prehistoric agricultural societies.
- Based on the shape of the traditional Kanak ceremonial "Great" houses, the ten structures comprising The Center belong to the landscape. Alla Kazovsky: "Live-by-Design" Wholeheartedly