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pageantry|ˈpædʒəntrɪ, ˈpeɪ-|
[See -ry.]
1. Pageants collectively; the public acting of scenes or display of tableaux. Obs. or rare.
1608Shakes. Per. v. ii. 6 What pageantry, what feats, what shows, What minstrelsy, and pretty din, The regent made..To greet the king. a1656Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 437, 80 women gloriously decked..were carried in litters, having legs of gold, and 500 more in others, whose legs were of silver; These things were most remarkable in the Pageantry. 1714J. Wyett Ellwood's Autobiogr. Suppl. (1765) 391 The Pageantry of which Day's Work, as acted there by himself he hath since published with his Name to it. 1908Daily Chron. 21 July 4/6 The pageantry brings the classes together.
2. Splendid display, gorgeous spectacular show; pomp. Also in pl., and fig.
1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year II. viii. 99 To prove that we are extreamly proud in the midst of all this pageantry. 1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 10 Not less ignoble then Cardinal Campejus his Pageantry. 1727Gay Fables i. xi. 6 A peacock with the poultry fed, All view'd him with an envious eye, And mocked his gaudy pageantry. 1795Southey Joan of Arc Wks. 1837 I. 186 Blazon'd shields and gay accoutrements, The pageantry of war. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 389 Experience..had probably subdued their inclination for splendid pageantry. 1909E. Pound Personae 53 Slow-moving pageantry of hours.
3. Mere acting or show, empty or specious display, show without substance. Also with pl.
1687Burnet Contn. Reply to Varillas 114 After a weeks Pageantry of her Queenship, she was kept there till her Head was cut off. 1715Bentley Boyle Lect. Serm. x. 364 The standing Ceremony and continued Pageantry of Transubstantiation. a1854H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. v. (1855) 153 Chivalry had not yet declined to mere formal pomp and pageantry. |