ceremony
pronunciation
How to pronounce ceremony in British English:
UK [ˈserəməni]
How to pronounce ceremony in American English:
US [ˈserəmoʊni]
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- Noun:
- a formal event performed on a special occasion
- any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
Word Origin
- ceremony
- ceremony: [14] The antecedents of ceremony are obscure. We can trace it back to Latin caerimōnia ‘religious rites’, but there the trail stops. It probably arrived in English via Old French ceremonie.
- ceremony (n.)
- late 14c., cerymonye, from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome. Introduced in English by Wyclif.
Example
- 1. Hundreds attended the ceremony at an athens cemetery .
- 2. Eg. he was in special dress for the ceremony .
- 3. Few who watched the olympic ceremony realized the deception .
- 4. The ceremony was accompanied by a video interview with the star .
- 5. Text : a prestigious u. s.award ceremony leads to a trans-atlantic gaffe .