pageantry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   elaborate, colorful ceremony and display, especially on a public or royal occasion

   The coronation combined solemn ritual with lavish pageantry.

2. 2
   noun

   pageants or spectacular performances considered collectively

   The festival's historical pageantry drew visitors from across the region.

Formed from pageant + -ry. Pageant once denoted a movable stage or a scene performed on it; pageantry extended the word from individual displays to their collective splendor, ceremony, and show.

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