Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pageants and their presentation.
- noun Grand display; pomp.
- noun Empty show; flashy display.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pageants collectively; theatrical display; splendid display in general.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pageant ; acolourful show ordisplay , as in apageant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
- noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
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Examples
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You've got to hand it to the Brits: they redefine the meaning of the word pageantry.
Lisa Mirza Grotts: Royal Observations From the Curb: The Crowds, the Gown, the Crown! Lisa Mirza Grotts 2011
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You've got to hand it to the Brits: they redefine the meaning of the word pageantry.
Lisa Mirza Grotts: Royal Observations From the Curb: The Crowds, the Gown, the Crown! Lisa Mirza Grotts 2011
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You've got to hand it to the Brits: they redefine the meaning of the word pageantry.
Lisa Mirza Grotts: Royal Observations From the Curb: The Crowds, the Gown, the Crown! Lisa Mirza Grotts 2011
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The opportunity to participate in large-scale public ritual, with musicians, dancers, procession and pageantry, is a powerful way to experience religion and religious freedom.
Grove Harris: Halloween and Samhain: Secular and Sacred Celebrations Grove Harris 2010
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The opportunity to participate in large-scale public ritual, with musicians, dancers, procession and pageantry, is a powerful way to experience religion and religious freedom.
Grove Harris: Halloween and Samhain: Secular and Sacred Celebrations Grove Harris 2010
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The opportunity to participate in large-scale public ritual, with musicians, dancers, procession and pageantry, is a powerful way to experience religion and religious freedom.
Grove Harris: Halloween and Samhain: Secular and Sacred Celebrations Grove Harris 2010
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Far away from the extreme of pageantry is real life.
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Meanwhile the Olympic Torch, in another ludicrous piece of faux pageantry, is to be paraded across London next month, held aloft by a series of 'celebrities'.
Archive 2008-03-23 2008
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Meanwhile the Olympic Torch, in another ludicrous piece of faux pageantry, is to be paraded across London next month, held aloft by a series of 'celebrities'.
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The pageantry was the point of attention, her developing musicality merely a small float in the middle of a wild parade.
Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973
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