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cereˈmonialize, v. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
a. trans. To render ceremonial or ritualistic.
1858Masson Milton I. 346 To ceremonialise the Church to the full extent of his [Laud's] wishes. a1935T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xix. 67 This pretence to ceremonialise a job of scavenging. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. x. 229 It is ceremonialized in a series of ablutions, purifications, recitations.
b. intr. To carry out a ceremony or ritual.
1948C. Williams Seed of Adam 32 Must we stand by while the king ceremonializes? |