ceremony
(noun)
noun
1. a formal event performed on a special occasion
- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
Similar word(s): ceremonial, observance
Definition categories: event, affair, function, occasion
2. 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
Definition categories: act, activity
3. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
- an inaugural ceremony