ceremonial
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definition
noun
the procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial
the system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion.
adjective
ceremonial robes
relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature.
originally a ceremonial post, it is now a position with executive power
(of a position or role) involving only nominal authority or power.
example
Why do modern armies and soldiers carry swords on 'ceremonial' occasions?
Another traditional instrument still used in ritual and 'ceremonial' events is the bullroarer, a thin piece of wood suspended from a string and swung in a circle.
The man widely dubbed the New Blair faced the original Blair yesterday at Westminster's weekly feast and 'ceremonial' .
TG4 cameras were allowed to film rarely witnessed rituals and a unique peace 'ceremonial' for the 30-minute documentary.
By the end of his first day, AVM Shepherd was impressed with what he saw and those he spoke to, and was more than happy to take on a 'ceremonial' role and officially open the bar for the enjoyment of his people.
A team of archaeologists from Sheffield University have revealed significant new insights into the role of Stonehenge after discovering a prehistoric 'ceremonial' road.
Animal sacrifice accompanies almost every ritual and 'ceremonial' event in Nepali life.
Though we know little about early Christian worship, it is safe to assume that these common Eucharistic meals were celebrated with little 'ceremonial' .
Your analogy with the Queen is bizarre - her role is purely 'ceremonial' .
Although a largely 'ceremonial' position, some abuse victims saw it as a slap in the face.
In today's world, all that's really left of the Queen's power is 'ceremonial' and symbolic in nature.
The most visible signs are not houses or fields, but 'ceremonial' monuments: a double row of timber posts, a ditched and banked enclosure in horseshoe plan and a ring ditch.
This is, of course, a discretion a Bulgarian President is able to exercise, given that constitutionally the office is not purely limited to a 'ceremonial' role.
Therefore, a distinction between formal palace-centered 'ceremonial' processions and feasting must be preserved.
He was a largely 'ceremonial' figure with little power.
By the seventeenth century, this indigenous elite did not always dress like Spaniards, certainly not on public 'ceremonial' occasions.
And, just as with you and your royalty, our 'ceremonial' positions screen from the uninitiated gaze the empty throne.
Women play important roles in 'ceremonial' and political life in many Melanesian societies.
The grand entrance is still used by councillors on 'ceremonial' occasions.
Whilst there was merit in the idea, John Blunt worried that the Lord Mayor would become simply a figurehead, reducing the position to a purely 'ceremonial' role.
The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely 'ceremonial' position.
Under exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the prime minister's position was largely 'ceremonial' .
The Viceroyalty evolved into a largely 'ceremonial' position.
But he is a traditionalist and is said to have opposed the constitutional changes which reduced the role of the monarch to that of a 'ceremonial' head of state.
When we worship in the spirit, we are opposed to religious rituals and 'ceremonial' posturing, and to the showiness of the symbols of office, and external worship.
With due 'ceremonial' the last stone of the Ninetieth course was landed on the Rock by the Hedderwick praam-boat on the 30th.
Some holidays and 'ceremonial' occasions are associated with certain kinds of food.
After a sumptuous feast in the morning, men and children go to the riverside and with due 'ceremonial' worship offer a cocoasut to the God of water, Varuna.
But the result of reducing the Queen's representative to a purely 'ceremonial' role has been to concentrate power in the Prime Minister's office.
While it's highly visible, the new position is largely 'ceremonial' .
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