nnoun.eventa formal event performed on a special occasionSynset:ceremonial ceremonial occasion observance
Examples:- a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
Derivationally Related Form:observeceremonial
Hypernyms:affair function occasion social function social occasion
Inherited Hypernyms:ceremonyaffairsocial eventeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Maundycircumstancecommemorationdedicationexercisefire walkingformalitiesformalityfuneralhymenealsinductioninitiationinstallationmemorialisationmemorializationmilitary ceremonynuptialsobsequyopeningpageantpageantrypotlatchweddingwedding ceremony
Full Hyponyms:bar mitzvahbat mitzvahburialcircumstancecommemorationcommencementcoronationdedicationexercisefire walkingformalityfuneralinaugurationinitiationmaundymilitary ceremonyopeningpageantpotlatchrededicationsky burialwedding
nnoun.actany activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal wayExamples:- the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine
- he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball
- he disposed of it without ceremony
Derivationally Related Form:ceremoniousceremonial
Hypernyms:activity
Inherited Hypernyms:ceremonyactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chanoyutea ceremony
Full Hyponyms:tea ceremony
nnoun.actthe proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasionDerivationally Related Form:ceremoniousceremonial
Hypernyms:activity
Inherited Hypernyms:ceremonyactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:groundbreakinggroundbreaking ceremonylustrummilitary ceremonypresentationpurgationpurificationreligious ceremonyreligious ritual
Full Hyponyms:affusionagapeagrypniaanointing of the sickaspersionbaptismbeatificationberithcanonizationchapel servicechristeningchristian liturgychurch servicecircumcisioncommittal serviceconfessionconfirmationconsecrationdevotionaldivine officegroundbreakinghigh massholy eucharistholy orderimmersionlast riteslibationlittle officeliturgylow masslustrummassmatrimonymilitary ceremonynoneoblationoffertoryofficeoffice of the deadorgypenanceplaceboprayer meetingpresentationpurificationreligious ceremonyrequiemritesacramentsanctificationserviceshrifttrine immersionunctionvespervigilwakewatch night