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pageantn.adj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pagin, pagant; Latin pagina, pagens, pagenda. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman pagin, pagine, pagyn, also pagant, pagent pageant, stage (late 14th cent. in both senses), and partly < post-classical Latin pagina play in a cycle of mystery plays, pageant (from 1376 in British sources), stage (1387, 1388, 1432 in British sources), tableau (1432), also pagens play in a cycle of mystery plays, pageant (1390, 1414, 1538 in British sources as plural pagentes ), pagenda stage (1411 in a British source), of uncertain origin: see note. The final dental in the β. forms, as also in Anglo-Norman and (probably after the vernacular forms) post-classical Latin, is probably excrescent or analogical: compare e.g. ancient adj., -ant suffix3.The forms Anglo-Norman pagine , post-classical Latin pagina suggest that the word may ultimately be identical with classical Latin pāgina page n.2 (compare Anglo-Norman pagine , pagin : see pagine n., and also Middle English forms with final -t , -te s.v.), but the semantic development is hard to explain. Perhaps, if the sense ‘scene displayed on a stage’ were the original sense, it might be developed from ‘page’ or ‘leaf’ of a manuscript play, but if so there is no evidence to support this. Alternatively, if ‘stage’ is in fact the original sense, it might be possible to posit a development from ‘tablet or slab (for inscription)’ perhaps through ‘board’ to ‘stage’, but supporting evidence for this is also lacking. Alternatively, post-classical Latin pagina could be interpreted as a more or less independent formation from the stem pag- of classical Latin pangere to fix, also seen in classical Latin compāges , compāgo , compāgina ‘fixing together’, ‘joining’, compāginata ‘fixed together’ (whence perhaps ‘framework’). For the sense, perhaps compare classical Latin pēgma < ancient Greek πῆγμα ‘a framework fastened or joined together’, spec. ‘a movable stage or scaffold used in theatres’ (see pegma n.); Du Cange has examples of post-classical Latin pegma in the sense ‘a wooden machine on which statues are placed’ and the word is attested denoting a stage or pageant in a British source in the mid 16th cent., and compare Middle French pegme framework on which images or statues are displayed on festivals (c1550), French †pegmate ‘a stage or frame whereon Pageants be set or carried’ (1611 in Cotgrave). However, although classical Latin pangere and pagīna are ultimately from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πῆγμα, it would be surprising to find post-classical Latin pagina as a calque on ancient Greek πῆγμα, and it is hard to see by what other mechanism the one word could have influenced the other. It had been supposed that an earlier post-classical Latin example of pagina, in a sense like ‘boarding’, existed in the final paragraph of the 12th- or 13th-cent. treatise of Alexander Neckam De Utensilibus, printed (very inaccurately) in T. Wright's Vol. of Vocabularies 1857, pp. 96–119, from MS Cott. Titus D. 20, lf. 48 b, where Wright has ‘ut lingnum hujus pagine forti aderat tegminibus’; but the actual reading of the manuscript is ‘ut lingnum hic compagine forti ad[h]ereat tegminibus’; so that the supposed pagina ‘boarding’ has no existence. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pēi·dʒĕnt) /ˈpeɪdʒənt/. A. n. 1. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > scene > scene or act of mystery play 1403 (P.R.O.: C 145/281/18) m. 2 Deux autres cotages & vn Pagenthous..queux les Mestres de Whittawerscraft occupient. 1415 in L. T. Smith (1885) p. xxxiv (MED) We comand..that euery player..be redy in his pagiaunt at convenyant tyme..and then all oyer pageantz fast followyng ilk one after oyer. ?a1475 (1922) 1 (MED) In þe ffyrst pagent we þenke to play how god dede make..hevyn so clere. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 152 Than cryd Mahoun for a heleand padȝane. a1525 115 The craft of Smythes..were discharged of the Cotelers pachand be a lete. a1603 T. Cartwright (1618) 477 As they haue multiplyed the number of their Stages, so thus they multiply their pagins and parts. 1641 J. Milton 30 His former transition was in the faire about the Jugglers, now he is at the Pageants among the Whifflers. 1801 J. Strutt iii. ii. 137 The prologue..contains the argument of the several pageants, or acts, that constitute the piece. 1893 K. L. Bates 117 This steepled town [sc. Coventry] was famous for its Corpus Christi pageants. 1915 C. P. Gilman Herland in Oct. 267/2 They had no ritual, no little set of performances called ‘divine service’, save those glorious pageants I have spoken of, and those were as much educational as religioun [sic], and as much social as either. 1994 23 Dec. a15/3 Millions of Americans gather to watch Christmas pageants. the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)] > behave or make as though the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > assumption of behaviour or attitudes > part played or assumed by a person a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 129 (MED) Þes pagyn playen þei þat hiden þe treuþe of Goddis lawe. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 759 Yondyr rydyth a knyght that playith his pageauntes. a1545 Deth Edwarde IV in J. Skelton (c1563) 85 I haue pleyd my pageyond, now am I past. 1591–2 (1836) 17 Ȝe his jugling can not see..Quhill he haif plaid his padȝeane weill. 1848 D. Greenwell Dream of Poet's Youth in 2 Sore task, again to play the pageant through, And brace these wearied sinews to the fray. 1878 R. Browning lxiii We must play the pageant out. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > play tricks [phrase] ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif (1880) 99 (MED) Þei pleien þe pagyn of scottis; for as scottis token þe skochen of armes of seynt george & here-bi traieden englischemen, so þes anticristis prelatis taken name & staat of cristis apostlis. 1530 J. Palsgrave 658/2 He had thought to playe me a pagent, il me cuyda donner le bout. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil i. 4 This spightful pageaunt of his owne syb Iuno remembring [L. Nec latuere doli fratrem Iunonis et iræ]. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne xv. 88 This pageant was plaid by a Hollander. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > paintings of other scenes 1451–2 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 315 For duble handyng of the parloure wt lenyn clothe, Rede Wosterde, iij pagentes wt oure Armes. 1557 ij b Mayster Thomas More in his youth deuysed in hys fathers house in London, a goodly hangyng of fyne paynted clothe, with nyne pageauntes, and verses ouer euery of those pageauntes: which verses..declared what the ymages in those pageauntes represented. 2. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > movable or temporary 1450 Coventry Smith's Acct. in T. Sharp (1825) 20 Spend to bryng the pagent into gosford-stret vd. 1453 in T. Sharp (1825) 15 (MED) Þe kepers of the craft shall let bring forth þe pajant & find clothys that gon abowte þe pajant. 1500 in L. T. Smith Introd. p. xxxv The cartwryghts [are] to make iiij new wheles to the pagiaunt. a1595 Archd. Rogers in (1825) 17 The maner of these playes weare, euery company had his pagaint, or parte, which pageants weare a high scafolde with 2 rowmes, a higher and a lower, vpon 4 wheeles. 1650 tr. J. A. Comenius §622 Scaffolds (pageants) are frames of timber rasht up in haste. 1691 A. Gavin (ed. 3) 344 Judith was one of the most beautiful young Women of Italy, and..round about her (upon the same Frame or Pageant) they had placed..Musicians. 1699 J. Wright 20 Pageants (that is Stages Erected in the open Street) were part of the Entertainment. 1825 T. Sharp 20 It is evident that the ‘scaffolds’ were placed upon wheels, and moved with the Pageant, to which it probably was attached. 1927–9 H. Wheeler V. 3089/1 In the Middle Ages a pageant was the rough stage mounted on a cart on which the Mysteries and Miracles were played. To-day we have similar exhibitions in the tableaux arranged for the Lord Mayor's Show, and it is easy to see how the word transferred from the moving stage to the whole procession. 1974 S. J. Kahrl ii. 36 What distinguishes the pageants referred to in this procession from the stages otherwise described is that the structures for the Jesse tree, for St John and St Edward, the four Cardinal Virtues, and the censing angels..are all built around permanent architectural features. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects 1519 W. Horman xxviii. f. 238 Of all the crafty and subtyle paiantis and pecis of warke made by mannys wyt, to go or moue by them selfe: the clocke is one of the beste. 1611 J. Florio at Pegma A frame or pageant, to rise, mooue, or goe it selfe with vices. 1713 J. Addison No. 115 The Poets contrived the following Pageant or Machine for his Entertainment. They made a huge floating Mountain, that was split at the top in Imitation of Parnassus. 1861 T. Wright II. xxi. 173 Pageant—a word..subsequently in general use to denote stage machinery of all kinds. 3. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > tableau > [noun] society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > [noun] > a mime c1450 J. Capgrave (Bodl. 423) (1911) 45 Octauian..was receyued with uii sundry worchippis perauentur of euery sciens of þe uii liberal was mad sum special pagent in comendacioun of þe man. 1511 (Pynson) f. vv Bytwene euery of the Pagentis went lytell Children..gloryously and rychely dressyd. 1533 sig. A.iiii A sumptuous and costly pagent in maner of a castell wherin was fassyoned an heuenly roufe and vnder it vpon a grene was a roote or a stocke, wherout spronge a multytude of whyte roses & reed [etc.]. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cccxxx At Millan..were set vp..triumphant arkes, pageons, and images, with honorable posies written. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. i. 155 The great Globe it selfe, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolue, And like this insubstantiall Pageant faded Leaue not a racke behinde. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers 55 To stand as a dumb pageant, without salutation. 1706 (new ed.) Pageant, a triumphal Chariot or Arch, or other pompous Device usually carry'd about in Publick Shews. a1745 in (1768) IV. 27 You would have put me to an additional expence, by having a raree-shew (or pageant) as of old, on the lord-mayor's day. Mr. Pope and I were thinking to have a large machine carried through the city, with a printing-press, author, publishers, hawkers, devils, &c. and a satirical poem printed and thrown from the press to the mob. 1793 W. Wordsworth 360 No wrack of all the pageant scene remains. 1859 D. Masson I. 542 An acted pageant, with speeches, etc. by persons allegorically dressed. 1899 A. W. Ward (ed. 2) I. 145 Those pageants, in the generally accepted later and narrower use of the term, which consisted of moving shows devoid of either action or dialogue, or at least only employing the aid of these incidentally, by way of supplementing and explaining the living figures or groups of figures brought before the eyes of the spectators. 1967 18 187 To begin with, the dumb show is simply an allegorical pageant, presented between acts to underscore basic themes and also to introduce variety into the static, declamatory style of the early tragedies. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of > specious society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant 1805 R. Southey i. xv. 151 Embroidered surcoats, and emblazoned shields,..Made a rare pageant, as with sound of trump, Tambour and cittern, proudly they went on. 1820 W. Irving I. 299 Few pageants can be more stately and frigid than an English funeral in town. 1868 E. A. Freeman II. vii. 6 The consecration of a King was then not a mere pageant. 1927 Dec. 55/2 The first Birmingham Air Pageant. 1976 15 Dec. 1 He had not received a reply from the County Council to an offer of assistance in organising a water pageant on the day of the Queen's visit. 1990 16 Oct. 35/2 Autonomy and dependence, piety and heresy, butch and femme: all are represented in Madonna's erotic pageant. 1835 J. H. Newman in Lyra Apost. xxix, in Oct. 414 The pageant of a kingdom vast, And things unutterable, past Before the Prophet's eye. 1895 I. Zangwill ii. i. 126 To translate into colour and line all this huge pageant of life. 1937 16 Aug. 51 (advt.) Time is a front row seat to the tremendous, marching pageant of the news. 1975 K. Williams 26 Feb. (1993) 489 It's all part of life's rich pageant. 1992 Fall 50/1 The same ‘value’ or validity as the subtle, wise and empathic recorder of the human pageant. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant > historical 1883 D. Cook I. x. 219 In the pantomime season, or whenever any great pageant or spectacle is to be produced, these plots are of prodigious extent. 1908 1 Oct. 2/3 On the sixth of these [days]..there will be presented a historical pageant. 1970 P. Burton & J. Lane iii. 78 A great many pageants have been so gruesome—Merrie Englande with rain—the form has earned itself a bad reputation. 1993 Aug. 7/3 The Ontario Rural Learning Association (ORLA) has spent nearly three decades fostering citizen participation in community life through..historical pageants. the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beauty contest 1911 9 Apr. (Special Cable News section) a5/2 (heading) Pick blondes for beauty pageant. 1929 (Electronic ed.) 16 Aug. 5/5 The district winner chosen at Buckeye Lake next Thursday..is to be entered directly in the ‘Miss America’ pageant at Baltimore, Md. in September. 1937 11 Sept. 1/4 (caption) ‘Miss North Dakota’..was missing from the line of beauties at the annual Atlantic City ‘Miss America’ pageant. 1953 14 June xx. 15/4 Among the more colorful events are Atlantic City's internationally famous Miss America pageant and Asbury Park's Mrs. America contest. 1966 30 39 [The] next nationally televised beauty contest—the Miss America Pageant. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris 1583 In 1959 she reached the pinnacle of the beauty contest world, winning the Miss America Pageant. 1997 13 Jan. ii. 6/1 The former Little Miss Colorado's wardrobe for 1997 was to have included half a dozen outfits for the different categories of ‘pageants’—the term that organisers prefer to ‘beauty contests’—in which she would compete. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > something showy 1608 G. Chapman v. sig. Hv Without which loue, and trust; honor is shame; A very Pageant, and a propertie. 1635 F. Quarles i. ix. 37 Think ye, the Pageants of your hopes are able To stand secure on earth, when earth it selfe's unstable? 1733 M. Masters 91 Soon flit his Visionary Joys away, Himself the empty Pageant of Day. 1778 A. R. Miller 15 Power—is no empty Pageant, when Exerted for the Good of Men. 1791 J. Boswell anno 1750 I. 124 [Johnson:] Many who would, perhaps, have contributed to starve him when alive, have heaped expensive pageants upon his grave. 1817 J. Mill II. v. ii. 354 The sovereign, divested of all but the name of king, sinks into an empty pageant. 1876 J. Tyndall (ed. 5) ii. ii. 408 That unsubstantial pageant of the imagination to which the solidity of science is opposed. 1929 A. S. Eddington ix. 195 The Copenhagen school..sees in these phenomena the insubstantial pageant of space, time and matter crumbling into grains of action. 1990 M. Lipman (BNC) 87 The night before our departure I watched this pageant of mock humility rise in a crescendo of thanks, tips, tears and promises of some time next year. B. adj.the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > merely ostentatious the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > theatrical in nature 1634 J. Ford i. i Still to be frightened with false apparitions Of pageant Majestie, and new-coynd greatnesse. 1685 J. Tutchin Misc. in 41 Pageant Pomp does still attend the Great. 1701 No. 3758/3 We will..Assist Your Majesty against the French King, his Pageant Prince of Wales, and all others. 1736 Ld. Hervey (1848) I. 73 France and England the pageant mediators in a quarrel..which was made up without their privity. 1810 W. Scott ii. 91 The pageant pomp of earthly man. 1868 J. H. Blunt I. 55 Campeggio was made to feel that he was a mere pageant-legate. a1924 M. Ghose Immortal Eve in (1970) 278 Ah! not the Roman's pageant-pomp Of conquest to recall, World trampling pride, those lovely eyes Are they imperial. Compounds C1. a. 1934 1 174 In the realm of fantasy, Tom Taylor used pageant drama for developing social theses. 2001 (Nexis) 3 June 1 Entertainment includes the outdoor pageant drama at ‘The Shepherd of the Hills’. 1866 D. M. M. Craik 113 There was a good deal of show, certainly, it being a pageant play, but you felt show was natural; that just in such a way the bells must have rung, and the people shouted, for the living Bolingbroke. 1895 W. Archer in 16 Jan. 24/1 In the historic or legendary pageant-play he seems to have found the formula best suited to the present stage of his career. 1990 R. Crawford (BNC) 206 Eliot made clear that his Pageant Play made no pretence of being a contribution to the dramatic literature of England. 1608 T. Middleton sig. C2v Some pageant plot, or some deuice for the Tilt-yeard. 1987 73 970 Pageant plots depicted expansion in the scale of social life from primarily local to regional and national relations as a nearly organic process. 1904 at Pageant sb. Comb., as pageant-master,.. [pageant] -tableau. 1986 (Nexis) 10 May i. p. xv Fine playing breathes life into what is more a statement, a series of pageant tableaux, than a play. 1999 (Nexis) 18 May 10 The production [sc. The Masque of the Months]—depicted in pageant tableaux, music and dance—the procession of the seasons through the year. b. 1831 in F. Madden p. xxvii This Christmas was passed in a manner right joyous by the young Princess in her household, in imitation of the King's pageant-loving court. 1899 12 Aug. 157/1 He provided ‘Trionfi’ for the delight of a pageant-loving folk. 2001 (Nexis) 9 May a1 5-foot-11 Eva Ekvall of Caracas, hair tied in a bun and wearing the sash of her pageant-loving homeland. C2. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > movable or temporary 1803 A. Candler Julia's Bridal Day in 28 What fav'rite has the goddess found To share her pageant car, That airy regions echo round And answer from afar? 1918 33 10 The fact that in these early pageantic Lord Mayor's shows, there was usually but one pageant, may have influenced the change in the meaning of this word from ‘pageant-car’—or what today we should call ‘float’—to a ‘brilliant spectacle,’ whether or not there was a pageant in it. 1997 S. Anglo iii. 100 The last day of the tournament..was also characterized by splendid entries, including the challengers riding within a pageant car of cloth of gold drawn by two lions, a white hart, and an ibex—each consisting of two men, their legs, suitably disguised, ‘aloonly apperyng’. 1962 H. Hunt v. 51 Each play was..presented consecutively in the pageant cart, or on an open wagon which was drawn up in front of it and acted as a fore-stage to it. 1992 P. Harding (BNC) 180 He spent a great deal of time in the yard below with the carpenters and masons who were making the pageant cart for the coronation procession. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > store for 1403Pagenthous [see sense A. 1a]. 1531 Order of Leet in T. Sharp (1825) 43 A pagiaunt, with the pagiaunt house & playing geire. 1893 K. Lee Bates ii. 43 The difference between France and England in the arrangement of the pageant-house, the English scaffold presenting but one open stage..and the French scaffold exposing three stages..was instrumental in differentiating the rôle of devils in the two countries. 1975 50 67 There is no mention of..rents for pageant houses anywhere in the accounts of the Corpus Christi Guild or in the city records concerned with the renting of pageant houses. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > a thing that is merely a vain show the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > something showy 1696 N. Tate & N. Brady xcvii. 7 All who of Pageant-Idols boast. 1763 J. H. Ickworth in III. 193 Do they, like us, a pageant idol raise, Swoln with false pride, and flatter'd by false praise? society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > tableau > [noun] > person in charge of society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant > participant 1409 in M. Sellers (1915) II. 176 The Padghand maistres..sall warn all the crafte, als ofte tymes als thai sall be charged be the sayd sercheours. 1893 K. Lee Bates iii. 116 Those who believe the Chester cycle to have been Englished from a French original consider such passages checked off in the outset by the English pageant master, as superfluous, and so left untranslated. 1987 18 July (Weekend section) p. x/4 That was the hey-day of 20th Century pageantry, when other showman pageant-masters with wonderful names like Louis Napoleon Parker made the grand spectacles of Edwardian summers. society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > contributions for specific purposes 1525 in T. Sharp 20 Rec. of the masters for the pagynt~money xvjs. iiijd. 1569 York House Bks. 24 f. 133v, in H. C. S. J. Gardiner (1946) iii. 41 It is nowe therefore aggreed that half of that pageant money that is gathered by the Innholders, 64 shall be payd to the sayd waxchandelars and tother half to the Chamber. 1987 G. McCaughrean x. 124 They had all been working at stone-gathering, keeping their pageant money out of sight for fear the constables mark them as robbers or miracle-workers. society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > contributions for specific purposes 1551–2 in T. Sharp 22 Reseyved of the craft for pagent pencys iiis. 4d. 1911 C. F. Tucker Brooke i. 11 In the palmy days of the mystery play—through the fifteenth century and the first half of the sixteenth—every guild was required to support a pageant..; and every craftsman was taxed annually for ‘pageant pence.’ 1962 P. M. Kendall i. i. 66 Dues called ‘pageant-pence’ or ‘pageant-silver’ were collected from each gild member. 1608 J. Day sig. B And euer since [he] liues Zany to the world, Turnes Pageant-Poet, toyler to the presse, Makes himselfe cheape. 1609 B. Jonson i. sig. A2v Balladino? you are not Pageant Poet to the City of Milaine sir, are you. View more context for this quotation 1852 G. Daniel xvii. 266 He [sc. Elkanah Settle] was the last of the Pageant-Poets to the City of London. 1913 28 Mar. 6/1 Enjoying the favour of the City authorities for many years, Anthony Munday was their pageant-poet..until within a few years of his death. 2003 R. Barbour iii. 69 As a dramatist turned pageant poet, [George] Peele..opened the way for Anthony Munday, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, John Webster, and Thomas Heywood. society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > contributions for specific purposes a1430 in M. Sellers (1915) II. 179 (MED) Thay asked of tham pagand sylver. 1492 in L. T. Smith (1885) Introd. p. xxiii (note) Paiaunt silver. 1893 K. Lee Bates ii. 39 Each company appointed two pageant-masters, who controlled the pageant-silver, a fund made up by contributions from the members. 1962 P. M. Kendall i. i. 66 Dues called ‘pageant-pence’ or ‘pageant-silver’ were collected from each gild member. 1659 4 To these we are to stand bare, whilst their pageant stage Lordships daign to give us a conference upon their Breeches. 1809 R. Heber 12 While youth's enervate glance and gloating age Hang o'er the mazy waltz, or pageant stage. 1985 E. Leonard xiv. 120 She was still a great big Miss American beauty. He could see her up on the pageant stage. the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > a thing that is merely a vain show the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > something showy 1696 N. Tate & N. Brady cxv. 6 The Pageant-thing has Ears and Nose, But neither hears nor smells. 1799 J. Grahame i. iii. 13 He'll name, Supported by the foolish Commons' voice, Some pliant, pageant thing, who'll wield the sceptre At his high nod. 1851 G. Croly World in 146 A pageant thing of parent, child, and bride, All, atoms floating down Time's restless tide. 1825 T. Sharp 18 The different Companies Accounts..refer to the Pageant vehicles. 1955 30 682 He has much to tell us, for example, about the vague subject of pageant vehicles and the layout of pageant stages and of the history of the Chester plays in the light of the record. 1998 (Nexis) 5 Mar. Official [Miss USA] pageant vehicles provided by Pontiac. 1892 7 170/2 There were with some of the York pageants representations accompanying the pageant wagon, such as paintings on flags, or, as seems more probable, the actors themselves posed in tableaux, and the pageant passed from station to station. 1932 T. W. Stevens vii. 61 The pageant wagon, interesting in itself, was a sterile device. 1987 18 July x. 4 The original pageants were spontaneous entertainments devised by local folk to amuse monarchs on royal progresses, and ‘pageant wagon’ was the name given to the cart on which each trade guild performed its mobile tableau in the medieval mystery play cycles. 1584 in T. Sharp (1825) 38 Payde for sope for the pagent wheles iiijd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pageantv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pageant n. Etymology: < pageant n. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (pēi·-) /ˈpeɪ-/ for the first syllable. 1. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (transitive)] > go through in procession > carry in procession 1606 G. Chapman i. sig. B Alph. What, think you sonne we meane t'expresse a speech Of speciall weight without a like attire? Vin. Excuse me then my lord; so stands it well. Stro. Haz brought them rarely in, to pageant him. 1641 J. Milton 5 Even that Feast of love and heavenly-admitted fellowship..became the Subject of horror, and glouting adoration, pageanted about, like a dreadfull Idol. 1660 J. Milton 4 To pageant himself up and down in progress among the perpetual bowings and cringings of an abject people. 1892 R. Hovey Marriage of Guenevere iv. iii, in 207 The pomp Of his victorious arms will only serve To pageant out his shame. 1950 A. P. Rossiter 167 The contemporary evils here pageanted can be looked up in Trevelyan. 2000 (Nexis) 1 May 106 Fresh from their highly successful Adelaide Festival performances, the quartet pageanted their recently acquired repertoire in this rarified setting. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [verb (transitive)] > go through in procession > honour with pageant 1891 Oct. 599 She who once pageanted with sumptuous pomp victorious Doges returning trophy-laden. the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > caricature or pastiche 1609 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 151 With ridiculous and sillie action, Which (slanderer) he Imitation calls, He pageants vs. View more context for this quotation 1825 W. Tennant III. i. 76 By and by, Began the process of inauguration, Crowning, and baptism with the church's oil,..shouldering the golden-knobbed sceptre, And fumbling the superb ring up the finger,..—All to a jot were nicely pageanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.1403 v.1606 |
