单词 | ceremonious |
释义 | ceremoniousadj. 1. Pertaining to, or consisting of, ceremonies or outward forms and rites; = ceremonial adj., formal. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective] solemna1340 ceremonial138. solemnyc1420 solemned1423 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 solemnly1482 ceremonious1555 ritual1570 rituous1604 ceremonicala1627 liturgical1641 liturgic1656 Levitical1670 hierurgical1725 sacral1882 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] ceremonial138. ceremonious1555 ceremonicala1627 complementary1628 complemental1637 complimental1686 Winterhalter1913 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. ciijv The cerimonious lawe of Moises. 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iii. xlvii. 182 When he should haue been anointed with the holy oile, there was none found in the ceremonious Horne. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 34 Ceremonious rites due to the Coronation. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 53 Ty'd in Hymen's ceremonious chain. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 443 Ceremonious Observances. 2. Full of ceremony; accompanied with rites, religious or showy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > full of or accompanied by ceremony or formality solemnc1369 solemned1423 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 formal1596 set1606 ceremoniousa1616 circumstantial1710 full dress1776 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. i. 7 O, the Sacrifice, How ceremonious, solemne, and vn-earthly It was i'th'Offring? View more context for this quotation 1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude 3 A ceremonious ritual religion. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. v. 222 The pomp of ceremonious woe. 1883 Manch. Examiner 14 Dec. 5/2 A statue has been raised to him..and there was a ceremonious unveiling. 3. According to prescribed or customary formalities or punctilios. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > conforming > relating to established rules ceremonious1597 formal1712 etiquettical1789 etiquetted1861 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > relating to or involving social formalities ceremonialc1550 ceremonious1597 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper > strictly proper > relating to or involving social formalities ceremonialc1550 ceremonious1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 50 Let vs take a ceremonious leaue..of our seuerall friends. View more context for this quotation ?1650 Don Bellianis 36 Words of ceremonious thanks. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 31 Mar. 97 Either in friendly or ceremonious condolence. 1780 W. Cowper Let. 12 July (1979) I. 368 To enter a room..with a most ceremonious bow. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xi His..somewhat ceremonious politeness. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [adjective] rubrical1648 ceremonious1656 1656 S. Winter Serm. 120 The holiness of children, which some say was ceremonious. 5. Of persons: Addicted to ritual observances (obsolete); given to ceremony; punctilious in observance of formalities, esp. those of intercourse between ranks or persons. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper > strictly proper nicec1387 formal?1518 point-devicea1529 ceremonious1553 ceremonial1579 squarec1590 square-toeda1797 wiggy1817 nicey1859 uptight1969 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > rule, rubric > [adjective] > observing slavishly ceremonious1553 ritualistic1844 formalistic1856 spiky1893 1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 337 [The earlier monks and hermits] were sumwhat ceremoniouse, but these [later corrupt monks] altogether superstitiouse. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) i. ii. iv. vii. 148 Wholly ceremonious about titles, degrees, inscriptions. 1668 S. Pepys Diary 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 3 To see the different humours of gamesters to change their luck when it is bad—how ceremonious they are as to call for new dice—to shift their places—[etc.]. 1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xviii. 223 The ceremonious and ungrateful courtiers of Vienna. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1553 |
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