People use pageantry to refer to the colourful and formal things that are done for special official or royal occasions, for example the wearing of special clothes and the playing of special music.
...all the pageantry of an official state visit.
Synonyms: spectacle, show, display, drama More Synonyms of pageantry
pageantry in British English
(ˈpædʒəntrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
spectacular display or ceremony
2. archaic
pageants collectively
pageantry in American English
(ˈpædʒəntri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈpageantries
1.
pageants collectively
2.
grand spectacle; gorgeous display
3.
empty show or display
Examples of 'pageantry' in a sentence
pageantry
You do pomp and pageantry better than anyone.
The Sun (2013)
We enjoy the pomp and the pageantry around our monarchy.
The Sun (2015)
They struggled to stay composed amid the pomp and pageantry.
The Sun (2007)
The crowd roared approval before departing content after another spectacular display of British pomp and pageantry.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
More than 1,100 soldiers will take part in the colourful annual display of pomp and pageantry.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
America loves the royal family, partly because of the pomp and pageantry of the whole thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was wrapped up in colourful pageantry and before long 10,000 spectators were watching from a nearby hill.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This year the British public were caught up in the pageantry of the royal wedding and the tragedy of celebrity deaths.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A total of 4,000 people watched a rousing display of pageantry.
The Sun (2011)
Something like the royal wedding appealed to me and I loved that pomp and pageantry.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I like the pageantry, the pomp.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
For all the pomp and pageantry, though, there was little triumphalism on display.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But if this wedding makes good telly, there's no argument that royal pageantry still works.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
(noun)
Definition
spectacular display or ceremony
He was greeted with all the pageantry of an official state visit.
Synonyms
spectacle
a director passionate about music and spectacle
show
the Chelsea flower show
display
a dazzling dance display
drama
the drama of a hostage release
parade
A glittering parade of celebrities attended the event.
splash (informal)
state
Nelson's body lay in state in the Painted Hall after the battle of Trafalgar.
glitter
all the glitter and glamour of a Hollywood premiere
glamour
grandeur
Only once inside do you appreciate the church's true grandeur.
splendour
They met in the splendour of the hotel.
extravagance
pomp
the pomp and splendour of the English aristocracy
magnificence
I shall never forget the magnificence of the Swiss mountains.
theatricality
showiness
Additional synonyms
in the sense of display
Definition
something displayed
a dazzling dance display
Synonyms
show,
exhibition,
demonstration,
parade,
spectacle,
pageant,
pageantry
in the sense of drama
Definition
a situation that is exciting or highly emotional
the drama of a hostage release
Synonyms
excitement,
crisis,
dramatics,
spectacle,
turmoil,
histrionics,
theatrics
in the sense of glitter
Definition
superficial glamour
all the glitter and glamour of a Hollywood premiere
Synonyms
glamour,
show,
display,
gilt,
splendour,
tinsel,
pageantry,
gaudiness,
showiness
Nearby words of
pageantry
pagan
page
pageant
pageantry
paid
pain
pain in the neck
Synonyms of 'pageantry'
pageantry
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of grandeur
Definition
magnificence or splendour
Only once inside do you appreciate the church's true grandeur.
Synonyms
splendour,
glory,
majesty,
nobility,
pomp,
state,
magnificence,
sumptuousness,
sublimity,
stateliness
in the sense of magnificence
I shall never forget the magnificence of the Swiss mountains.
Synonyms
splendour,
glory,
majesty,
grandeur,
brilliance,
nobility,
gorgeousness,
sumptuousness,
sublimity,
resplendence
in the sense of parade
A glittering parade of celebrities attended the event.
Synonyms
show,
display,
exhibition,
spectacle,
array
in the sense of pomp
Definition
stately display or ceremony
the pomp and splendour of the English aristocracy
Synonyms
ceremony,
grandeur,
splendour,
state,
show,
display,
parade,
flourish,
pageant,
magnificence,
solemnity,
pageantry,
ostentation,
éclat
in the sense of show
Definition
a display or exhibition
the Chelsea flower show
Synonyms
exhibition,
fair,
display,
parade,
expo (informal),
extravaganza,
exposition,
pageant,
pageantry
in the sense of splendour
Definition
beauty or impressiveness
They met in the splendour of the hotel.
Synonyms
magnificence,
glory,
grandeur,
show,
display,
ceremony,
luxury,
spectacle,
majesty,
richness,
nobility,
pomp,
opulence,
solemnity,
éclat,
gorgeousness,
sumptuousness,
stateliness,
resplendence,
luxuriousness
in the sense of state
Definition
grand and luxurious lifestyle, as enjoyed by royalty, aristocrats, or the wealthy
Nelson's body lay in state in the Painted Hall after the battle of Trafalgar.