How To Use Ceremony In A Sentence

Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
The ceremony has great symbolic significance.
A monk will be hired to chant some Buddhist scriptures and perform a simple ceremony at the morgue instead of at a funeral parlor.
Please don't stand on ceremony with me.
I won't use the word spartan, but there's not too much ceremony. Electoral College Meets to Begin Final Steps

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The procession followed a private ceremony, attended by about 200 family and friends.
Teachers or students so exempted may remain in the classroom and sit or stand respectfully while others participate in the ceremony.
My daughter fixed the ceremony with the Vicar some weeks ago and we have arranged a baptismal party. GOODBYE CURATE
The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.
A dedication ceremony is to be performed by the Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Rev David James, next month.
Devoid of the ceremony and liturgy associated with the Church of England, charismatic itinerants made a straightforward appeal.
A brief program with music and merriment begins the ceremony, then an honorary candlelighter lights his or her candle and starts passing it along through the crowd. Zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News
They were wed by special dispensation at St Mary's Church in Shrewton on Monday afternoon in a ceremony performed by Royal Yeomanry padre Simon Bloxam-Rose.
The Clare Lake Development Committee in Claremorris was also honoured with a national award at the same ceremony.
The opening ceremony was precipitously cancelled just 24 hours before the event.
The exact particulars of the similarity never came to light, but apparently the lady had, in a fit of high-minded inadvertence, had gone through the ceremony of marriage with, one quotes the unpublished discourse of Mr. Butteridge — “a white-livered skunk,” and this zoological aberration did in some legal and vexatious manner mar her social happines. The War in the Air
Pals showed their support after seeing pictures of the civil partnership ceremony last December. The Sun
The ceremony was brought to a close by the singing of the national anthem.
The only question that is how many will be converted into a golden statue at the ceremony next month. Times, Sunday Times
Imposition of hands was a ceremony used especially in paternal blessings; Jacob used it when he blessed and adopted the sons of Joseph, Gen. xlviii. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
The Democratic leadership in Congress, which was noticeably absent at the signing ceremony, fought the measure.
In the classic world, the word apotheosis was given to the ceremony that conferred the condition of gods upon a nation's heroes. August 2006
What is it about this particular ceremony that obligates people to travel vast distances, buy expensive casserole dishes, wear unnaturally tidy clothes, and take stupid numbers of photographs?
When the announcement was given for the ceremony to begin, everybody kind of meandered over to the field and stood around in a circle. Hullabaloo
You had to admire the slick presentation of last night's awards ceremony.
It could be viewed as old-style, Communist pomp and ceremony aimed at boosting the morale and devotion of the people.
He said that the exceptional permission for the unusual ceremony had been granted because his grandmother had herself served as a Wren.
The university is expected to confer the honorary degree on her at the university's graduation ceremony in December.
The play's chorus employs movement and primal rhythms, and performs a powerful ritual ceremony to bless Yerma's fertility, with Kevin MacDonnell as its tribal leader.
Everyone was relieved when the ceremony at the Ambassador's residence went off without a hitch.
The ceremony was witnessed by about a hundred people, in atrocious weather conditions, but the event still went off well.
Video footage emerged yesterday of a British student introducing himself at a Colombian tribal ceremony just before taking a fatal dose of a hallucinogenic drug. Times, Sunday Times
The Prime Minister was received with all the traditional pomp and ceremony that is laid on for visiting heads of government.
It was a spur-of-the- moment ceremony that Smith said was a way to show his commitment to his lover.
The report focuses on a couple whose ceremony included the joint signing of a document called a ketubah. The Guardian World News
The brave bride had amazed guests when she made it to her wedding ceremony on time despite being rushed into hospital with agonising stomach pains the night before.
Last week, the Australian navy took family members of the lost crew members out to the wreck site, where they held a ceremony and dropped wreaths into the water.
More than 3000 people crammed around the HMAS Sydney memorial at Mount Scott yesterday for its dedication ceremony.
He had not been much to look at before the Changement ceremony, which had incarnadined his eyes and turned his brown hair silver.
After the Catholic rite, their 265 guests caravanned to the Four Seasons in Georgetown, where a Persian wedding ceremony, called an Aghd, was performed. 'I was hoping I didn't open the door and see Attila the Hun.'
Married at an early age, the Florentine woman from the propertied classes did not own either her dowry or the rich clothes and jewels which bedecked her during the wedding ceremony.
The winners were announced at a lavish ceremony at the city's arts centre yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
To celebrate Memorial Day, a great ceremony is always held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington D.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new start.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
The ceremony was transmitted live by satellite to over fifty countries.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
He is due to be officially elected at the formal mayor making ceremony on May 10.
In the tea ceremony, the couple punctiliously distributed canned soft drinks toted in plastic shopping bags and snapped photos of each other.
No child is fed solids, particularly rice, before this ceremony has been performed.
So in the earliest autumn they were married, Monsieur having previously presented Miss Lucinda with a delicate plaided gray silk for her wedding attire, in which she looked almost young; and old Israel was present at the ceremony, which was briefly performed by Parson Hyde in Miss The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861
Please sit down and make yourself comfortable, we don't stand on ceremony here.
He and his wife drove from Fort Wayne and arrived at the courthouse a few minutes before the forty-five second ceremony.
He is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an awards ceremony.
The ceremony at the square was watched by more than three thousand people, including many who had been so antagonistic to him.
Two hours after the historic ceremony, the current parliament's batch of sitting MPs cease to be members of parliament.
With a 30-second spot during tonight's Academy Awards ceremony valued at up to $2.1 million, advertisers will closely scrutinise the television coverage generated by the event.
The couple married in a lavish ceremony in May. Times, Sunday Times
We arrived in Manhattan two days before the ceremony for some readings and other promotional appearances.
On Tuesday the 24-year-old pianist and singer is set to perform a showpiece duet with highly regarded folk singer Katie Melua at the Brit's ceremony at London's Earl's Court.
Around 6000 fellow airline professionals from around the world attended the convention and award ceremony, the largest event in the industry's calendar.
I'm hopeful and confident that the graduation ceremony will really be a completely new tart.I believe that the knowledge you have acquired will enable you to be successful in whatever field you may enter.
When they listened to the national anthem during the ceremony, they were moved to tears.
From here the pair walked to a specially designed mandap, a gazebo style structure used in all Indian weddings, and sat on ornate thrones as a Hindu priest, known as a pandit, performed the ceremony. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Complaints reportedly focused on the opening ceremony, in which more than 56 million Americans watched a man in a full bodysuit parade as a naked statue of Eros, the Greek god of love.
In an auditorium in Taipei, about 400 relatives also took part in a Buddhist ceremony with monks chanting softly and drumming lightly on wooden blocks.
Again this year, Saturday night's Harvey Awards ceremony will be emceed by "PVP" creator Scott Kurtz, who acknowledges the necessity for some event growth -- even as he's a bit nostalgic for an even smaller 'Con. BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: Has it become the supreme antidote to San Diego?
Arab Belly Dance is a religious ceremony from the beginning. It is the expression of nature and human to celebrate fertile women and the mysterious nature.
This ceremony is an integral part of their judicial administration. Canada's Destiny
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At a recent graduation ceremony I attended at Monash, the Dean of Arts told the assembled graduands that their newly awarded degree only had a short shelf life and would need to be updated through further study within a few years.
Some initiation ceremony perhaps or unspoken betrothal?
To facilitate his spiritual career, he goes through marriage ceremony.
After the baptismal ceremony, the parents, godparents, child, and guests returned to a family home for a celebratory meal.
In the solemn atmosphere of the memorial ceremony, many victims' relatives were unable to contain their emotions as they remembered their loved ones.
It was after the ceremony that the veil was lifted and the groom and bride were able to kiss which is the symbol of a beginning of a physical relationship.
The ceremony was prompted by an astrologer who told the girl's father that the union would transfer the evil effects of the planet Saturn from the girl to the dog.
Vice President Joe Biden attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. He said the day of remembrance is mixed with sorrow and incredible pride.
In the curious ceremony of the fixing of the Nones (the first quarter of the month), held on the Calends in the _curia Calabra_, she seems to appear as a moon-goddess: the _rex sacrorum_, after a report from a _pontifex_ as to the appearance of the new moon, announces the result in the formula: The Religion of Ancient Rome
Gathered here tonight at this annual ceremony we have a whole constellation of film stars.
The opening ceremony by the Mayor of Manchester. 3.
A master of the tea ceremony in old Japan once accidentally slighted a soldier.
The ceremony is held annually to commemorate the lives of all Irish people who have died in past wars or while on service with the United Nations.
In that era, young boys may have gone through an initial * - kula ceremony wherein they were taught about aspects of their clan culture. Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE
Rwanda held a traditional naming ceremony for some of its rare mountain gorillas on Saturday in an effort to attract tourism and help to preserve one of the world's most endangered species.
She was told to present herself at the Town Hall at 11.30 for the induction ceremony.
The marriage ceremony took place in the church.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The rumble from a pair of motors interrupted the opening ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. NASCAR opens Hall of Fame in Charlotte
Homage and fealty performed by the great men after the coronation were arguably of greater practical importance than the ceremony itself.
Besides the goat offered for the people the blood of which was sprinkled before the mercy seat, the high priest led forth a second goat, namely, the scapegoat; over it he confessed the people's sins, putting them on the head of the goat, which was sent as the sin-bearer into the wilderness out of sight, implying that the atonement effected by the goat sin offering (of which the ceremony of the scapegoat is a part, and not distinct from the sin offering) consisted in the transfer of the people's sins on the goat, and their consequent removal out of sight. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Buddhist monks shaved the heads of ceremony leaders, while many other Dalits arrived having already tonsured their heads.
He and his fiancée are marrying in a civil ceremony followed by a reception then a party, all at his old prep school. Times, Sunday Times
The couple married in a lavish ceremony in May. Times, Sunday Times
After the wreath laying ceremony at the cenotaph and the service at Holy Trinity Church conducted by Rev Botwright, the parade will march past the civic dignitaries and finally be dismissed in Newmarket Street.
A dedication ceremony was held Wednesday evening.
MEN who dedicate their time to community work were rewarded at a glittering ceremony.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prays during an ecumenic ceremony for his health and cancer treatment in Caracas Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Terese Capucilli's award will be presented to her at the ceremony by actor and graphics designer Bill Randolph.
Else I should plunge _in medias res_ upon a sketch of De Quincey's life; were it not a rudeness amounting to downright profanity to omit the important ceremony of prelibation, and that at a banquet to which, implicitly, gods are invited. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863
German jack-tar runs to the front of flagpole instantly, mount top quickly, respect a ceremony beautifully, jumped next.
It was my misfortune to attend a ceremony in Pusan. KoreaToday
Mark's whole family attended his graduation ceremony.
On top of rewards including cash bonuses, the firm holds an annual awards ceremony when employees who make an outstanding contribution are recognised. Times, Sunday Times
To assert the extent of your land, you might hold a ceremony called a "perambulation," in which you would walk around and record the boundaries of your property in the presence of witnesses. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
They and their guests went straight from the marriage ceremony to AMF Bowling, in Keighley, for a game of ten-pin bowls!
It was while standing in the early dawn at the opening ceremony for the recommissioned Matahina Dam on the Rangitikei River in 1998 that the irony first occurred to me.
An assembly of 90 monks conducted Buddhist ritual chants and prayers sanctifying the ceremony.
The bridegroom was late for the ceremony.
My brother, who was at the ceremony and game did confirm that yes, people were booing the PM quite openly.
The awards ceremony is organised and presented by members of staff. Times, Sunday Times
She was invested as a serving sister of the Order of St John at a ceremony in the order's Grand Priory Church in Clerkenwell, London.
I felt quite emotional during the wedding ceremony.
Consider the ceremony of the weighing of the emperor, with all those flamboyantly robed courtiers arranged in strictly hierarchical order around the man-sized scales.
A leisure centre complete with ice rink and an auditorium for rock concerts: not really the best place for a dignified ceremony.
Note 13: Patriliny requires that children born to a couple who marry formally (i.e. with full bridewealth paid, or in an official civil or church ceremony) take the xivongo of their father. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
As a body they upheld the interpretation of canon law as prohibiting women from this ceremony.
The dedication ceremony was held at NASA Ames Research Centre, Moffett Field, California.
We were able to step up the awards ceremony from last year's weenie roast to a full-blown rock'n'roll New York City rager.
He received the youth achievement award at the awards ceremony.
Currently Muslims in Britain have an Islamic ceremony called a nikah (a non register office marriage) which, although it is guaranteed under Sharia law, is not legally binding and does not provide a woman with written proof of the marriage and of the terms and conditions agreed between the spouses. Landmark new Shariah law gives UK Muslim women rights
The marriage ceremony was performed by the bishop.
After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her veil to kiss her husband.
Who are they getting to speak at this year's graduation ceremony?
Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ASHURA FESTIVAL: Shiite Muslims carried candles outside the Imam Ali shrine during an Ashura ceremony Sunday in the Najaf, Iraq. Today's Photos: Jan. 5
Mary is trying on the dress that she is going to wear at the graduation ceremony.
His entire approach to the Art of Following was underpinned by a profound sense of ceremony. BEHINDLINGS
We arrived in the middle of winter to participate in that village's annual Stick Dance, a weeklong ceremony for the dead that culminates in a traditional potlatch.
The solemn ceremony inevitably gave him another idea. ALEXANDER THE CORRECTOR
“The kindler, gentler, non-human-sacrificial New Fire Ceremony.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Happy Pi Day
Security did not prevent an interloper from getting onto the stage at the opening ceremony.
A formal ceremony was held to celebrate the anniversary of his death.
Teachers from two York schools have been nominated for prestigious teaching awards which will be announced at a ceremony next week.
I wished him farewell and left without further ceremony.
The nuptial ceremony was performed by the venerable archdeacon John Murray assisted by Dean Timothy O'Connor PP.
Kangaroo and emu meat were marinated, cooked and presented during the ceremony.
Have a civil ceremony to receive the legal benefits of coupledom.
There is usually a complete lack of ceremony with this type of person as they are not a phony psychic or exorcist.
Williams then had the story of the Chinese girl deemed too uncute to sing at the opening ceremony. The Networks have Olympic Fever : Adrienne Gaffney
The ceremony began with a procession from the local community centre to the church followed by special devotions in the church.
Ruth and Mona's Hindu-Jewish ceremony involved a chuppah, breaking glass, a three tier wedding cake, Vedic shlokas and jaimalas.
In ceremony, he appears as an old man with a cane, wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat, and is typically smoking a pipe and sprinkling water on others. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
None the less there can be great ceremony associated with a Low Church communion.
The ceremony was an occasion for considerable celebration, but Margaret was never crowned queen.
It was the only surprise in an otherwise predictable annual awards ceremony announced this weekend.
The newspaper also picked up awards in the sales and distribution areas of its business at a glittering ceremony.
After the ceremony the couple sign a wedding certificate, and they leave to the sound of the trumpet voluntary - again music full of associations with weddings down the years.
In the bishops they saw pomposity and rampant corruption, disdain for biblical teaching, and addiction to ceremony. Christianity Today
The shortlist of around six writers will be announced on April 27, and the prizewinner will be honoured at an award ceremony on June 8.
Break open the Pimms and get ready for five days of tradition, pomp and ceremony - and loads of rowing action.
The unusual marriage was solemnized at the Dharmasheela Buddha Vihar monastery with a three-hour ritual that was capped by eating festive food by relatives attending the ceremony.
The actual signing of the treaty was a downbeat affair without any ceremony.
Also, they expect lots of crowds to show up for the burial ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is coming.
Then, shortly before the opening ceremony, a luger from Georgia was killed on a training run, leading to questions about the luge track's safety and forcing officials to modify the course.
Ms Hall was also honoured in the presentation, but was unable to attend the ceremony.
Several foreign dignitaries attended the ceremony.
The annual ceremony recognises quality and achievement in all aspects of personnel advertising and is judged by representatives from the advertising industry.
The marriage ceremony was performed by the bishop.
This is always quite a ceremony, with pipers piping and whisky flowing and famous faces popping up all over.
There was silence, and just as he opened his mouth to commence the ceremony, Jason jumped out of the line of groomsmen.
The couple married in a lavish ceremony in May. Times, Sunday Times
I'd be disappointed at the Opening Ceremony if there weren't a million - well, let's be realistic, 10,000 - bouzoukis being played in unison.
In a solemn ceremony pupils formally thank their teachers for their guidance, knowledge and understanding. Times, Sunday Times
Knowing that he is not authorized by the laws of this state to do so, he performs a marriage ceremony or presumes to solemnize a marriage.
She was among 10 winners selected from 3,200 entrants and was invited to a prize-giving ceremony at the National Archives in Kew this month.
The "calumet" ceremony has, therefore, an historic interest for us, apart from its revelation of the religious beliefs and social ideals of the Indian. Indian Story and Song from North America
The minister said her funeral would be held at the Methodist Church, on Friday, at 11 am, before a committal ceremony at York Crematorium.
Along with seven other honorands Marina will be awarded her honorary degree at the University's annual honorary degree ceremony, on Wednesday 21 June.
The ceremony continued from four in the morning to ten at night.
A Buddhist ceremony was staged in the war crimes court when the news reached Cambodia. Times, Sunday Times
A special ceremony was also held yesterday by serving and former soldiers, sailors and airmen at the military cemetery in Dunkirk. Times, Sunday Times
King Norodom Sihanouk and his queen always enjoy the annual ceremony and the prime minister, other leaders and thousands of ordinary people also participate in the event.
The queen, in full ceremonial dress, presided over the ceremony.
Only a few people came to observe a tightly guarded ceremony held in the town's Hiraq square, presided over by Regent Tarmizi Akarim and attended by local dignitaries.
The former police constable, and the driving force behind Saturday's ceremony, was one of the first rescuers on the scene 30 years ago.
Some time in the spring we watched the Oscars ceremony on the television.
Each scene has the feeling of a solemn ceremony or, at times, an historical tableau.
Should the rebellion succeed, as he professes to believe it will, his instrument and accomplice, Maximilian, will be discarded with as little ceremony as the first Napoleon discarded some of the puppet kings whom he saw proper to crown and discrown according to the exigency of his occasions. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864
About 10,000 people braved wet and windy weather to attend the ceremony at the Margraten cemetery in the southern Netherlands.
It is a custom to have a band or group of mariachis playing at this final ceremony.
The ceremony marks the transition from the student to graduate status.
While he was thus dangled in a state of suspension, a German trooper was transiently smit with the charms of his mother, who listened to his honourable addresses, and once more received the silken bonds of matrimony; the ceremony having been performed as usual at the drum-head. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The Inuit who held the potlatch would often give away his most valuable possessions at the ceremony.
Without ceremony, we headed past all these busy people and knocked on the half-open door of the secretary's office.
The ceremony also gave more staid characters a little bit of stardust. Times, Sunday Times
My friend was an English major back in the day, and the ceremony was filled with extended readings — some in Middle English — from First Samuel and First Corinthians, Plato, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and William Meredith, as well as traditional and popular music from when the two of them were young. A wedding like any other
The next morning, after the wedding ceremony, the toad told his bride to plunge a knife into his back.
A division of officers and soldiers who won honor for their bravery in the last war will march past during this afternoon's ceremony.
Its centennial was marked by a ceremony last month in north-central Alberta that was attended by Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart.
A scarred pine table stood in the middle of the floor, perfectly positioned for the ceremony that lay ahead. THE LAST TEMPTATION
They uncovered the statue at the beginning of the ceremony.
He evaded a direct reply to questions on the possibility of induction of new faces in his ministry saying that the entire process, including oath ceremony if necessary, would be completed by July six.
The ceremony of the gilded man supposedly ended in the late 15th century when El Dorado and his subjects were conquered by another tribe.
Building a family through a marriage sanctified by a religious ceremony is considered one of the most sacred aspects of life.
This belief may cause them to attach no legal significance to the marriage ceremony. Times, Sunday Times
It was an uplifting ceremony which saw a glisten in many an eye!
the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
A ceremony was held last Friday to mark the formal opening of the overland route to Mt. Kumgang, which is expected to attract many tourists to the mountain resort.
In the rest of the ceremony, Koras was coroneted and instructed to find a bride in a year.
The annual ceremony recognises quality and achievement in all aspects of personnel advertising and is judged by representatives from the advertising industry.
At a ceremony at the Capitol to honor crime victims, Gov.

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