Part 1759

<h1>Ceremonial</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.</def>

<blockquote>The gorgeous <b>ceremonial</b> of the Burgundian court. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules presribed to be observed on solemn occasions.</def>

<h1>Ceremonialism</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.</def>

<h1>Ceremonially</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>According to rites and ceremonies; <as>as, a person <ex>ceremonially</ex> unclean</as>.</def>

<h1>Ceremonialness</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being ceremonial.</def>

<h1>Ceremonious</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>c\'82r\'82monieux</ets>, L. <ets>Caerimoniosus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. <note>[In this sense <i>ceremonial</i> is now preferred.]</note></def>

<blockquote>The <b>ceremonious</b> part of His worship. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.</def> "<i>Ceremonious</i> phrases."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Too <b>ceremonious</b> and traditional. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Formal; precise; exact. See <er>Formal</er>.</syn>

<h1>Ceremoniously</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a ceremonious way.</def>

<h1>Ceremoniousness</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.</def>

<h1>Ceremony</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"e*mo*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ceremonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>c\'82r\'82monie</ets>, L. <ets>caerimonia</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>create</ets> and from a root signifying to do or <ets>make</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; <as>as, the <ex>ceremony</ex> of crowning a sovereign; the <ex>ceremonies</ex> observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal <ex>ceremonies</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>According to all the rites of it, and according to all the <b>ceremonies</b> thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. <i>Numb. ix. 3</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred <b>ceremonies</b> there partake. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>[The heralds] with awful <b>ceremony</b> And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ceremony</b> was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>