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[ paj-uhn-tree ] / ˈpædʒ ən tri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pageantry ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pag·eant·ries.spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation. mere show; empty display. pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants. Origin of pageantryFirst recorded in 1600–10; pageant + -ry SYNONYMS FOR pageantry1 spectacle, ceremony, show. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pageantry ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby pageantryPaganini, paganism, paganize, page, pageant, pageantry, pageboy, page description language, page-jack, page printer, page proof Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pageantryEven the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting. Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST A papal visit, by definition, is freighted with emotion and pageantry. ‘Viva Papa Francisco!’ Brazil Celebrates Pope’s Trip|Mac Margolis|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cannons were fired, brass bands played, and American-inspired pomp and pageantry abounded. Liberia Rethinks Its Past in Wake of Charles Taylor War-Crimes Verdict|Emily Schmall, Clair MacDougall|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Even though it was Ronald Reagan coming through the door, I loved the pageantry. Obama Should Use Fighting Words in the 2012 State of the Union|Michael Tomasky|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But recently, news broke of a woman who claimed to be blowing the lid off a "dirty little secret" of pageantry. Pageant Moms Aren't All Crazy|Heather Ryan|May 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST Moreover, he was so much in love with all sorts of pageantry and acts of power that he would willingly do his part. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery|Robert Means Lawrence He was frequently employed to supply verses for Court Masques and Pageantry. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors|Isaac Disraeli A pageantry of the things that have been happening in Dante for six hundred years. Oscar Wilde|Arthur Ransome Want of logic and defiance of ethical principle underlie their pride in magnificent ceremonial and pageantry. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage|Sir Sidney Lee The proud Spaniards advanced in their invading march with as much of war's pageantry as could be assumed. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi|John S. C. Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for pageantry
noun plural -riesspectacular display or ceremony archaic pageants collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pageantrypageant, pomp, splendor, spectacle, magnificence, grandeur, ceremony, grandiosity, parade, formality, show, fanfare, pomposity, ostentation, extravagance, panoply, splash, flourish, affectation, array |