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Definition of ceremonial in English: ceremonialadjective sɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəl 1Relating to or used for formal religious or public events. 仪式的；礼仪的；正式的 正式场合。 Example sentencesExamples - In the section devoted to each stage, one can view videotapes of relevant religious rituals and ceremonial objects from diverse traditions.
- An elaborate calendrical system was evolved, not least to identify appropriate days for holding ritual and ceremonial events.
- The Washinton Post reports that with a letter from Bush and a ceremonial opening of the US Liaison Office in Tripoli, the US has opened its arms to the former pariah.
- The grand entrance is still used by councillors on ceremonial occasions.
- A team of archaeologists from Sheffield University have revealed significant new insights into the role of Stonehenge after discovering a prehistoric ceremonial road.
- Women exerted political influence by participating in community council meetings, and they had significant roles in Cherokee ceremonial life.
- Women play important roles in ceremonial and political life in many Melanesian societies.
- Animal sacrifice accompanies almost every ritual and ceremonial event in Nepali life.
- Some holidays and ceremonial occasions are associated with certain kinds of food.
- The announcement came during a day of ceremonial tribute to Mr Giuliani for his role in coordinating the immediate response and rallying New York's morale in the aftermath of the disaster.
- These are ceremonial occasions, and each person who helps the family is given a portion of the pig.
- By the seventeenth century, this indigenous elite did not always dress like Spaniards, certainly not on public ceremonial occasions.
- Uncomfortable (another unusual sensation), I adjust my position on the ceremonial throne.
- The most visible signs are not houses or fields, but ceremonial monuments: a double row of timber posts, a ditched and banked enclosure in horseshoe plan and a ring ditch.
- Why do modern armies and soldiers carry swords on ceremonial occasions?
- When we worship in the spirit, we are opposed to religious rituals and ceremonial posturing, and to the showiness of the symbols of office, and external worship.
- He is the connective tissue between government and tribal authority, and the government has given him a ceremonial uniform appropriate to his status.
- Therefore, a distinction between formal palace-centered ceremonial processions and feasting must be preserved.
- Another traditional instrument still used in ritual and ceremonial events is the bullroarer, a thin piece of wood suspended from a string and swung in a circle.
- Yet there is a great difference both in method and in results between the traditional approaches to ceremonial represented in the study of ancient Greece and those being developed in more recent fields.
Synonyms formal, official, state, public ritual, ritualistic, prescribed, set, stately, courtly, solemn, dignified, celebratory, sacramental, liturgical 2(of a post or role) conferring or involving only nominal authority or power. （职务，角色）礼仪性质的；无实权的 the largely ceremonial position of Lord Lieutenant of Kent Example sentencesExamples - For five years, until August 2000 when the pair had a falling-out, she served as prime minister, a largely ceremonial post, under Kumaratunga.
- And, just as with you and your royalty, our ceremonial positions screen from the uninitiated gaze the empty throne.
- He was a largely ceremonial figure with little power.
- Although a largely ceremonial position, some abuse victims saw it as a slap in the face.
- But he is a traditionalist and is said to have opposed the constitutional changes which reduced the role of the monarch to that of a ceremonial head of state.
- The powers of the president largely a ceremonial post will be shared by the prime minister and the speaker of the lower chamber of parliament until a successor can be found.
- By the end of his first day, AVM Shepherd was impressed with what he saw and those he spoke to, and was more than happy to take on a ceremonial role and officially open the bar for the enjoyment of his people.
- This is, of course, a discretion a Bulgarian President is able to exercise, given that constitutionally the office is not purely limited to a ceremonial role.
- Your analogy with the Queen is bizarre - her role is purely ceremonial.
- In today's world, all that's really left of the Queen's power is ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
- The Viceroyalty evolved into a largely ceremonial position.
- Even though the Queen is the titular head of the government, her role is more ceremonial than substantive.
- While it's highly visible, the new position is largely ceremonial.
- Yet post Deane, he also wanted the role downgraded to a merely ceremonial one.
- Mr Mallon was attending the council's annual meeting where another former police officer, Peter Porley, was elected to the ceremonial post of chairman.
- His ultimate ambition is to become the president of India, a ceremonial post more to his liking than the rough and tumble at the helm of a state stricken by Pakistani terrorism.
- Under exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the prime minister's position was largely ceremonial.
- The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely ceremonial position.
- But the result of reducing the Queen's representative to a purely ceremonial role has been to concentrate power in the Prime Minister's office.
- Whilst there was merit in the idea, John Blunt worried that the Lord Mayor would become simply a figurehead, reducing the position to a purely ceremonial role.
Synonyms in name only, in title only, titular, formal, official
noun sɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəl mass noun1The system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion. 典礼；宗教仪式 the procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial 程序完全按适当的仪式进行。 Example sentencesExamples - Though we know little about early Christian worship, it is safe to assume that these common Eucharistic meals were celebrated with little ceremonial.
- With due ceremonial the last stone of the Ninetieth course was landed on the Rock by the Hedderwick praam-boat on the 30th.
- After a sumptuous feast in the morning, men and children go to the riverside and with due ceremonial worship offer a cocoasut to the God of water, Varuna.
Synonyms custom, usage, practice, tradition, way, habit, norm - 1.1count noun A rite or ceremony.
典礼，仪式 the Great Court was built to accommodate the grandest of ceremonials Example sentencesExamples - Ritual clowns are also a part of some ceremonials.
- The Sun Dance, also known as the Offerings Lodge ceremonial, is one of the seven sacred ceremonials of the Sioux and is a ceremonial for which they have come to be widely known.
- For an unfathomable reason, I kept thinking of Balanchine's Agon as the dancers swept through their athletic ceremonial.
- Edelheit questions the integrity and authenticity not only of Jewish participation in mixed ceremonials but, especially, of Christian misunderstanding of basic Christian sacramentalism.
- While communities have not necessarily remained distinctive, neither have their cultural institutions and ceremonials always been erased by the impact of modernity, the planet-wide homogeneity of globalisation.
- Over the decades, as the local Galata community dwindled, Neve Shalom became a locus for ceremonials - during Rosh Hashanah and at bar mitzvahs, weddings, funerals and the like.
- The language associated with the traditional storytelling and ceremonials of the tribe is less accessible to students who have not had instruction from their grandparents.
- This cheese, served as a nibble, was stale, dry and tough enough to make one wonder if it was left over from some opening night ceremonial.
- The actual counting process was hugely important because its ritual and its ceremonials were crafted out of the defining nature of what was being undertaken, the transference of power from people to politician.
- The agony experienced by their loved ones in trying to locate their remains lends, in Neil Hanson's prose, the dark ceremonial of Remembrance Sunday an almost unbearable poignancy.
- And it is hard to see why the Royal Company of Archers seem quite so determined to keep the media - and particularly the television cameras - away from their ceremonials.
- In addition to these bilingual materials, traders developed vocabularies, missionaries prepared translations of the Bible and prayers, and anthropologists recorded traditional Navajo ceremonials and songs.
- The man widely dubbed the New Blair faced the original Blair yesterday at Westminster's weekly feast and ceremonial.
- TG4 cameras were allowed to film rarely witnessed rituals and a unique peace ceremonial for the 30-minute documentary.
- Forgive me master, but it's time for your little ceremonial.
- With her, he sealed himself away in palatial residences, letting the people see him mainly through stagey televised ceremonials.
- To begin with, the ceremonials were almost festive in style and akin to the traditional yearly State Opening of Parliament - with bands playing confident, up-beat airs.
- The ceremonials were completed with a fly-past by a WWII Bristol Blenheim bomber, a Spitfire and a Mustang, the latter two representing the RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force fighters which flew over the island on the day of its liberation.
- Boortsag or borts'k, the small cakes made of flour, water and yeast and fried in oil, are still made, but primarily for use at various ceremonials and rites.
- Perhaps the virginity of the Grail hero, so stressed by late Christian redactors, may be a reminiscence of the virgin state of the initiate in the pagan ceremonial.
Synonyms ritual, ceremony, rite, formality, pomp, solemnity form, custom, tradition, convention, usage, practice, routine, protocol, office, observance sacrament, liturgy formal praxis
Derivativesnoun ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪz(ə)mˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəˌlɪzəm Such individuals-aggrandizers-may have been able to enhance their influence through ritual and feasting associated with trade and mortuary ceremonialism. Example sentencesExamples - Direct evidence for Mississippian mortuary ceremonialism, however, has not been widely reported in the Central Illinois River valley.
- Hallowell found scanty evidence for bear ceremonialism in the Central Algonquian region, and failed to report any among Northern Iroquoian speakers.
- It is a marvelous introduction to southeastern Indian ceremonialism for general readers and a must-read for serious students of the Yuchi, the Creek people, and southeastern Indians in general.
- The significance of tobacco in Native North America is well-known, and its presence as a part of mourning ceremonialism has also been documented.
noun ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪstˌsɛrəˈmoʊniələst On the one hand, he argues, there were the ceremonialists, represented most notably by Archbishop William Laud, who believed that outward and corporate worship shapes inward and private spirituality. Example sentencesExamples - A ceremonialist may evoke a spirit to find a cure for his illness.
- Nor does Confucius' emphasis on ritual mean that he was a punctilious ceremonialist who thought that the rites of worship and of social exchange had to be practiced correctly at all costs.
adverb sɛrɪˈməʊnɪəli Foreign heads of state ceremonially visited it, including Czar Alexander of Russia, who was shown round by Soane on the occasion of the visit to London of the Allied Sovereigns in 1814. Example sentencesExamples - The climax of the day comes with the participants, wearing costumes and bearing flaming torches, dragging a Viking galley through the streets of Lerwick to a designated point where it will be ceremonially burnt.
- The cardinals, from six continents and representing 52 countries, began their secret deliberations late yesterday afternoon after the massive doors of the Sistine Chapel were ceremonially closed.
- In a crucial period for Bulgaria's political and economical aspirations, and a crucial one for the region as well, the Parliament became the first since communism to serve its full term, ceremonially closing out its session yesterday.
- It was during this time and while still a major, that he received an audience with Pope Pius VI, who ceremonially placed a Dragoon helmet on Browne's head with the prayer that truth and religion might triumph over injustice and infidelity.
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin caerimonialis, from Latin caerimonia 'religious worship' (see ceremony). Rhymesbaronial, colonial, matrimonial, monial, neocolonial, postcolonial, patrimonial, testimonial Definition of ceremonial in US English: ceremonialadjectiveˌserəˈmōnēəlˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəl 1Relating to or used for formal events of a religious or public nature. 仪式的；礼仪的；正式的 正式场合。 the solemn, ceremonial air of a procession of monks presented at ceremonial occasions 正式场合。 Example sentencesExamples - Uncomfortable (another unusual sensation), I adjust my position on the ceremonial throne.
- By the seventeenth century, this indigenous elite did not always dress like Spaniards, certainly not on public ceremonial occasions.
- Therefore, a distinction between formal palace-centered ceremonial processions and feasting must be preserved.
- He is the connective tissue between government and tribal authority, and the government has given him a ceremonial uniform appropriate to his status.
- The most visible signs are not houses or fields, but ceremonial monuments: a double row of timber posts, a ditched and banked enclosure in horseshoe plan and a ring ditch.
- When we worship in the spirit, we are opposed to religious rituals and ceremonial posturing, and to the showiness of the symbols of office, and external worship.
- An elaborate calendrical system was evolved, not least to identify appropriate days for holding ritual and ceremonial events.
- Another traditional instrument still used in ritual and ceremonial events is the bullroarer, a thin piece of wood suspended from a string and swung in a circle.
- Yet there is a great difference both in method and in results between the traditional approaches to ceremonial represented in the study of ancient Greece and those being developed in more recent fields.
- Why do modern armies and soldiers carry swords on ceremonial occasions?
- Women play important roles in ceremonial and political life in many Melanesian societies.
- The grand entrance is still used by councillors on ceremonial occasions.
- A team of archaeologists from Sheffield University have revealed significant new insights into the role of Stonehenge after discovering a prehistoric ceremonial road.
- Some holidays and ceremonial occasions are associated with certain kinds of food.
- The Washinton Post reports that with a letter from Bush and a ceremonial opening of the US Liaison Office in Tripoli, the US has opened its arms to the former pariah.
- The announcement came during a day of ceremonial tribute to Mr Giuliani for his role in coordinating the immediate response and rallying New York's morale in the aftermath of the disaster.
- Animal sacrifice accompanies almost every ritual and ceremonial event in Nepali life.
- Women exerted political influence by participating in community council meetings, and they had significant roles in Cherokee ceremonial life.
- These are ceremonial occasions, and each person who helps the family is given a portion of the pig.
- In the section devoted to each stage, one can view videotapes of relevant religious rituals and ceremonial objects from diverse traditions.
Synonyms formal, official, state, public 2(of a position or role) involving only nominal authority or power. （职务，角色）礼仪性质的；无实权的 originally a ceremonial post, it is now a position with executive power Example sentencesExamples - His ultimate ambition is to become the president of India, a ceremonial post more to his liking than the rough and tumble at the helm of a state stricken by Pakistani terrorism.
- The powers of the president largely a ceremonial post will be shared by the prime minister and the speaker of the lower chamber of parliament until a successor can be found.
- While it's highly visible, the new position is largely ceremonial.
- For five years, until August 2000 when the pair had a falling-out, she served as prime minister, a largely ceremonial post, under Kumaratunga.
- And, just as with you and your royalty, our ceremonial positions screen from the uninitiated gaze the empty throne.
- Even though the Queen is the titular head of the government, her role is more ceremonial than substantive.
- Mr Mallon was attending the council's annual meeting where another former police officer, Peter Porley, was elected to the ceremonial post of chairman.
- In today's world, all that's really left of the Queen's power is ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
- Under exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the prime minister's position was largely ceremonial.
- Your analogy with the Queen is bizarre - her role is purely ceremonial.
- He was a largely ceremonial figure with little power.
- But the result of reducing the Queen's representative to a purely ceremonial role has been to concentrate power in the Prime Minister's office.
- The unicity is run by Johannesburg's first-ever executive mayor - previously the mayor was a largely ceremonial position.
- The Viceroyalty evolved into a largely ceremonial position.
- By the end of his first day, AVM Shepherd was impressed with what he saw and those he spoke to, and was more than happy to take on a ceremonial role and officially open the bar for the enjoyment of his people.
- But he is a traditionalist and is said to have opposed the constitutional changes which reduced the role of the monarch to that of a ceremonial head of state.
- Yet post Deane, he also wanted the role downgraded to a merely ceremonial one.
- Whilst there was merit in the idea, John Blunt worried that the Lord Mayor would become simply a figurehead, reducing the position to a purely ceremonial role.
- This is, of course, a discretion a Bulgarian President is able to exercise, given that constitutionally the office is not purely limited to a ceremonial role.
- Although a largely ceremonial position, some abuse victims saw it as a slap in the face.
Synonyms in name only, in title only, titular, formal, official
nounˌserəˈmōnēəlˌsɛrəˈmoʊniəl 1The system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion. 典礼；宗教仪式 the procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial 程序完全按适当的仪式进行。 Example sentencesExamples - With due ceremonial the last stone of the Ninetieth course was landed on the Rock by the Hedderwick praam-boat on the 30th.
- Though we know little about early Christian worship, it is safe to assume that these common Eucharistic meals were celebrated with little ceremonial.
- After a sumptuous feast in the morning, men and children go to the riverside and with due ceremonial worship offer a cocoasut to the God of water, Varuna.
Synonyms custom, usage, practice, tradition, way, habit, norm - 1.1 A rite or ceremony.
典礼，仪式 a ceremonial called the ghost dance Example sentencesExamples - Over the decades, as the local Galata community dwindled, Neve Shalom became a locus for ceremonials - during Rosh Hashanah and at bar mitzvahs, weddings, funerals and the like.
- Forgive me master, but it's time for your little ceremonial.
- The agony experienced by their loved ones in trying to locate their remains lends, in Neil Hanson's prose, the dark ceremonial of Remembrance Sunday an almost unbearable poignancy.
- The ceremonials were completed with a fly-past by a WWII Bristol Blenheim bomber, a Spitfire and a Mustang, the latter two representing the RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force fighters which flew over the island on the day of its liberation.
- To begin with, the ceremonials were almost festive in style and akin to the traditional yearly State Opening of Parliament - with bands playing confident, up-beat airs.
- In addition to these bilingual materials, traders developed vocabularies, missionaries prepared translations of the Bible and prayers, and anthropologists recorded traditional Navajo ceremonials and songs.
- While communities have not necessarily remained distinctive, neither have their cultural institutions and ceremonials always been erased by the impact of modernity, the planet-wide homogeneity of globalisation.
- TG4 cameras were allowed to film rarely witnessed rituals and a unique peace ceremonial for the 30-minute documentary.
- The man widely dubbed the New Blair faced the original Blair yesterday at Westminster's weekly feast and ceremonial.
- The Sun Dance, also known as the Offerings Lodge ceremonial, is one of the seven sacred ceremonials of the Sioux and is a ceremonial for which they have come to be widely known.
- The language associated with the traditional storytelling and ceremonials of the tribe is less accessible to students who have not had instruction from their grandparents.
- Perhaps the virginity of the Grail hero, so stressed by late Christian redactors, may be a reminiscence of the virgin state of the initiate in the pagan ceremonial.
- The actual counting process was hugely important because its ritual and its ceremonials were crafted out of the defining nature of what was being undertaken, the transference of power from people to politician.
- For an unfathomable reason, I kept thinking of Balanchine's Agon as the dancers swept through their athletic ceremonial.
- This cheese, served as a nibble, was stale, dry and tough enough to make one wonder if it was left over from some opening night ceremonial.
- And it is hard to see why the Royal Company of Archers seem quite so determined to keep the media - and particularly the television cameras - away from their ceremonials.
- Ritual clowns are also a part of some ceremonials.
- Edelheit questions the integrity and authenticity not only of Jewish participation in mixed ceremonials but, especially, of Christian misunderstanding of basic Christian sacramentalism.
- With her, he sealed himself away in palatial residences, letting the people see him mainly through stagey televised ceremonials.
- Boortsag or borts'k, the small cakes made of flour, water and yeast and fried in oil, are still made, but primarily for use at various ceremonials and rites.
Synonyms ritual, ceremony, rite, formality, pomp, solemnity
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin caerimonialis, from Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship’ (see ceremony). |