adj
Freq #16322
Meanings
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adj
marked by pomp or ceremony or formality
A ceremonial occasion.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
ceremonials
Derived forms
anticeremonialceremonialiseceremonialismceremonialistceremoniallyceremonialnessnonceremonialpreceremonialsemiceremonialunceremonial
Related forms
ceremonious
Etymology
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
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