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Synonyms for ceremony
ˈsɛr əˌmoʊ nicer·e·mo·ny
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
ceremony
Any religious act, especially a public act, viewed as a means of serving God is called a service; the word commonly includes the entire series of exercises of a single occasion of public worship. A religious service ordained as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace is called a sacrament. Ceremony is a form expressing reverence, or at least respect; we may speak of religious ceremonies, the ceremonies of polite society, the ceremonies of a coronation, an inauguration, etc. An observance has more than a formal obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite. The terms sacrament and ordinance, in the religious sense, are often used interchangeably; the ordinance derives its sacredness from the authority that ordained it, while the sacrament possesses a sacredness due to something in itself, even when viewed simply as a representation or memorial. The Lord's Supper is the Scriptural name for the observance commemorating the death of Christ; the word communion is once applied to it (1 Cor. x, 16), but not as a distinctive name; at an early period, however, the name communion was so applied, as denoting the communing of Christians with their Lord, or with one another. The term eucharist describes the Lord's Supper as a thanksgiving service; it is also called by preeminence the sacrament, as the ratifying of a solemn vow of consecration to Christ.
Synonyms:
communion, eucharist, Lord's Supper, observance, ordinance, rite, sacrament, service, solemnity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observancenoun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
"a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
Synonyms:
observation, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, notice, observanceceremonynoun
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"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
Synonyms:
observance, ceremonial, ceremonial occasionceremonynoun
the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
"an inaugural ceremony"
Synonyms:
observance, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
ceremonynoun
Synonyms:
rite, form, formality, ceremonial, solemnity, observanceceremonynoun
Synonyms:
parade, pomp, show, stateliness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
ceremonynoun
Synonyms:
rite, form, ceremonial, solemnity, formality
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ceremony":
ceremonies, ceremonial, event, lai, celebration, ritual, rite, ado
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
ceremony
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See White Coat ceremony
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#97 | service | |
#624 | event | |
#689 | notice | |
#750 | display | |
#3495 | watching | |
#5336 | observation | |
#6245 | celebration | |
#6614 | ceremony | |
#7107 | ordinance | |
#11822 | ritual | |
#13504 | rite | |
#14273 | communion | |
#14652 | ceremonies | |
#19884 | lai | |
#20188 | ado | |
#20306 | honoring | |
#21030 | pageant | |
#25110 | ceremonial | |
#25293 | observance | |
#26851 | eucharist | |
#27606 | sacrament | |
#44089 | formality | |
#70805 | solemnity |
How to use ceremony in a sentence?
It was the first time anyone had made a political statement at the Oscars, it was the first Oscars ceremony to be broadcast by satellite all over the world, which is why Marlon chose it. I didn’t have an evening dress so Marlon told me to wear my buckskin.
Beautiful ceremony, beautiful stones, beautiful wording, it’s hard to believe it’s almost been a year.
I wore the same outfit as I wore to graduation to all eleven of my exams and no university officials raised any issues with it, even though part of the invigilators’ job at examinations is to police subfusc, as a result I assumed the outfit was fine and wore it to graduation – hence my anger and confusion when I wasn’t allowed into the ceremony.
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa:
The Act should make it an offence for a guardian or other person to enter into a lobola agreement or other customary arrangement or ceremony in respect of a person under the age of 18.
Winning the games for a first time bidder is always a huge challenge, but you can only win the Games if you entered the race, the whole process can be up to 10-20 years long. We saw that in London, where the games were won by Tony Blair but the closing ceremony was done by David Cameron.
Translations for ceremony
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- مراسم, حفل, طقوس, رسميات, حفل رسمي, طقس مقدسArabic
- етикет, церемония, обрядBulgarian
- cerimòniaCatalan, Valencian
- obřadCzech
- ceremoniDanish
- ZeremonieGerman
- τελετουργικό, τελετήGreek
- ceremonioEsperanto
- ceremoniaSpanish
- tseremooniaEstonian
- مراسمPersian
- seremoni, seremonia, tilaisuusFinnish
- cérémonieFrench
- deas-ghnàthScottish Gaelic
- cerimoniaGalician
- טקסHebrew
- समारोहHindi
- ծես, արարողությունArmenian
- athöfnIcelandic
- cerimoniaItalian
- 典礼, 式典, 儀式, セレモニー, 儀礼, 式Japanese
- ცერემონია, წესჩვეულებაGeorgian
- 예식, 식전, 의식Korean
- церемонијаMacedonian
- plechtigheid, ceremonieDutch
- hatáálNavajo, Navaho
- cerimóniaPortuguese
- ceremonieRomanian
- церемония, этикет, обряд, ритуалRussian
- òbred, ceremònija, svèčanōstSerbo-Croatian
- ceremoni, högtidlighetSwedish
- వేడుక, ఉత్సవంTelugu
- พิธีกรรม, พิธีการ, พิธีThai
- seremonyaTagalog
- ayin, merasim, seremoni, törenTurkish
- церемоніяUkrainian
- تقریبUrdu
- nghi thức, nghi lễVietnamese
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