Meaning of CEREMONIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `seru'mowneeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt" |
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| | Synonyms: | | conventional, formal |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. c['e]r['e]monieux, L.
Caerimoniosus.]
1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.
Note: [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
The ceremonious part of His worship. --South.
2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms;
devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful;
punctilious. ``Ceremonious phrases.'' --Addison.
Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak.
Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See {Formal}.
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| | Related Terms: | | attentive, baptismal, cap in hand, careful, ceremonial, chivalric, chivalrous, civil, conventional, correct, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, dutiful, eucharistic, formal, formular, formulary, gallant, grandiose, hieratic, High-Church, honorific, imposing, impressive, knightly, liturgic, liturgistic, majestic, moving, old-fashioned, old-world, paschal, polite, pompous, proper, punctilious, regardful, respectful, ritual, ritualistic, sacerdotal, sacramental, sacramentarian, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking, stuffy, well-mannered |
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