ceremonyn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛrᵻməni/, U.S.

/ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni/

Forms: Middle English ceri-, cery-, ceremoyn(e, cerymone, plural -nis; Middle English sermony(e, -ie, serimonie, Middle English–1500s ceri-, cery-, sery-, seri-, seremony(e, -ie, Middle English cerimonij, cerymonij, serymonij, 1500s cerimonie, 1500s–1600s ceremonye, ceremonie, 1500s– ceremony, plural -ies; earlier -yes. (Scottish1500s seremons).

Etymology: Middle English cerymonye , sery- , probably < Old French cerymonie, serimonie, ? cerimoine , < Latin caerimōnia sacredness, sanctity; awe, reverence; exhibition of reverence or veneration, religious rite, ceremony: for conjectures as to derivation of which see the Latin dictionaries and Skeat. The Middle English forms in -moyne probably represent Anglo-Norman variants: compare the French ending -moin from Latin -mōnium , and pairs like glorie , gloire , etc., and see -mony comb. form. In medieval Latin often spelt cere-; since 16th cent. this spelling has been established in French and English.

a. An outward rite or observance, religious or held sacred; the performance of some solemn act according to prescribed form; a solemnity.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of

churchOE

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common prayer1493

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Common Prayer service1648

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ceremonial1672

hierurgy1678

occasion1761

religiosities1834

cursus1865

joss-pidgin1886

worship service1929

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality

ceremonyc1380

rialtyc1415

complement1597

formality1674

rites1929

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 And cerimonyes of y^e olde lawe, betere þan þes, ben tauht to be left bi lore of Poul.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvi. 5 That Abraham..wolde holde my seremonyes and lawis.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. iv. 8 Ceremoyns and ryȝtwis domis.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 11 It was doon in ful solemne wyse And with many a cerymonye.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddiv The ceremonyes of the masse.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 Ensens to mak the seremons of his sacrefeis.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 55 Some Satire..Not sorting with a nuptiall ceremony .

1611 Bible (King James) Num. ix. 3 According to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keepe it.

1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §13. 163 It is ordinarily said, No Ceremony, no Bishop.

1710 Answer Sacheverell's Serm. 7 Old antiquated Ceremonies.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 161/2 The vestals remained a considerable time at Cære..and hence those rites were called Ceremonies.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 113 They repeated the ceremonies of the eleventh century in the coronation of the present Queen.

b. disparagingly. A rite or observance regarded as merely formal or external; an empty form. †Sometimes regarded as symbolic or typical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ridiculous or hypocritical > an empty ceremony

ceremony?1531

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ridiculous or hypocritical > regarded as symbolic

ceremony1631

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f6 Shall we become Jewes and go backe agayne to the shadowe and ceremonye sith we haue the bodye and significacion which is Christ?

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. ii. 390 It is, non ens: a meere flash, a ceremony, a toy, a thing of naught.

1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 29 A Ceremony is an outward action designed or purposely observed and done in reference to some other thing to the substance whereof it doth not belong.

1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 420 There is no obligation to use the seal. It is onlie a Ceremonie.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 141 The custom had probably been long a mere ceremony.

c. loosely. Applied to a thing done in a formal or ceremonious way; a stately formality.

ΚΠ

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 6 Thank God the ceremony of dinner is over.

2. A formal act or observance, expressive of deference or respect to superiors in rank, or established by custom in social intercourse; a usage of courtesy, politeness, or civility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > ceremonious

ceremonyc1386

complement1578

complemento1582

formality1603

accompliment1613

compliment1655

ceremonial1749

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 507 This god of loue..Doeth so hise cerymonyes and obeisances.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 107/2 Without any strayning of curtesie, whereof the serimonyes in disputacion marreth much of the matter.

1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 4 Ceremonies..be not to bee omitted to straungers and strange natures.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. vii. 21 I seldom use the ceremony of waiting for answers.

3. (without a or plural) Formal observances or usages collectively, or as an order of things:

a. in reference to matters of religion or state: Performance of rites, ceremonial observance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

ceremonialc1380

circumstancec1386

celebrityc1425

pomposity?a1475

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fashionableness1608

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decorum1638

setness1642

formality1666

ceremonialnessa1680

formalness1684

gravity1689

solemn1706

ceremony1759

panjandrum1860

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 266 Intrusted with matters of mere ceremony alone.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lv. 245 A true and hearty Christian, in substance, not in ceremony.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 101 Ceremony..All that is considered necessary by many in religion and friendship.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 220 The national temperament deeply enjoys the unbroken order and tradition of its church; the liturgy, ceremony, architecture.

b. Precise observance of conventional forms of deference or respect; formality, ceremoniousness. without ceremony: off-hand, unceremoniously. to stand upon ceremony: to insist upon the punctilious observances of formalities or refuse to go on without them. (Cf. Shakespeare's use in 5.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum

formc1405

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ceremoniousness1583

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formality1599

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punctuality1618

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complementalness1657

formalness1684

punctiliousness1685

nicety1693

ceremonial1749

square-toedness1846

punctiliosity1859

uptightness1969

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony

to strain or pinch courtesy1528

to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592

to stand upon ceremony1603

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [phrase] > without ceremony

sans façon1672

sans cérémoniea1684

without ceremony1709

1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 78 Not with that ceremonie as towardis straingeris.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 35 The sawce to meate is Ceremony .

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋8 Without further Ceremony, I will go on to relate a singular Adventure.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. viii. 116 I never stand upon ceremony with such people.

1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. vi. 113 Without ceremony the two young ladies ran out of the room.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. ii. 21 I was shown with much ceremony..into the presence of the two ladies.

†c. Ceremonious respect or regard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > ceremonious

ceremony1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 338 The Romaines had the Equestriall statues in great reuerence and ceremony.

1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Narr. Murther V. Vitelli in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 255 Oliveretto having paid his ceremony fell in with the rest.

d. Ceremonial display, pomp, state. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]

prideOE

nobleyec1300

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royalness?1548

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magnificie1570

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splendidnessa1657

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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 236 What haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too, Saue Ceremonie .

1710 London Gaz. No. 4742/2 He was brought in Ceremony from the Princess-Royal's Apartment.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 16 His dress a suit of fray'd magnificence, Once fit for feasts of ceremony.

†4. concrete. An external accessory or symbolical ‘attribute’ of worship, state, or pomp. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > as symbolic of ceremony

ceremonya1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G1 Æneas..carrying away his religious ceremonies.

1605 Journ. Earl Nottingham in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 553 Dukes of especial name bearing divers ceremonies..as the Salera or salt borne by one, the taper of wax by another, the chrism by another.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 65 Disrobe the Images, If you do finde them deckt with Ceremonies .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 61 No ceremony that to great ones longs..Become them..As mercie does.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliv. 454 The ceremonies of cap and surplice.

†5. A portent, omen: (drawn from the performance of some rite). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > drawn from the performance of a rite

ceremonya1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 197 He is Superstitious growne of late, Quite from the maine Opinion he held once, Of Fantasie, of Dreames, and Ceremonies .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 13 I neuer stood on Ceremonies, Yet now they fright me.

6. master of the ceremonies: the person who superintends the ceremonies observed in a place of state or on some public occasion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > state ceremony or formality > person superintending

master of the ceremonies1662

MC1790

Master of (the) Ceremonies1888

femcee1940

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building Ep. Ded. sig. A2 My place of Master of the Ceremonies (which the King confirmed unto me during my life..).

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 204 Mr. N—h,..commonly attends in this place, as master of the ceremonies.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. iii. 29 The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner.

1888 Court Guide H. M. Household, Master of Ceremonies. General Sir F. Seymour.

Compounds

ceremony-monger n.

ΚΠ

1681 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 3 A Ceremony-Monger, who rails at Dissenters, And damns Non-Conformists in the Pulpit he enters.

1710 Answer Sacheverell's Serm. 6 The rigid Ceremony-mongers did hate the Religious part of the Nation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ceremony
释义	ceremonyn. Brit. /ˈsɛrᵻməni/, U.S. /ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni/ Forms: Middle English ceri-, cery-, ceremoyn(e, cerymone, plural -nis; Middle English sermony(e, -ie, serimonie, Middle English–1500s ceri-, cery-, sery-, seri-, seremony(e, -ie, Middle English cerimonij, cerymonij, serymonij, 1500s cerimonie, 1500s–1600s ceremonye, ceremonie, 1500s– ceremony, plural -ies; earlier -yes. (Scottish1500s seremons). Etymology: Middle English cerymonye , sery- , probably < Old French cerymonie, serimonie, ? cerimoine , < Latin caerimōnia sacredness, sanctity; awe, reverence; exhibition of reverence or veneration, religious rite, ceremony: for conjectures as to derivation of which see the Latin dictionaries and Skeat. The Middle English forms in -moyne probably represent Anglo-Norman variants: compare the French ending -moin from Latin -mōnium , and pairs like glorie , gloire , etc., and see -mony comb. form. In medieval Latin often spelt cere-; since 16th cent. this spelling has been established in French and English. 1. a. An outward rite or observance, religious or held sacred; the performance of some solemn act according to prescribed form; a solemnity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality ceremonyc1380 rialtyc1415 complement1597 formality1674 rites1929 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 And cerimonyes of y^e olde lawe, betere þan þes, ben tauht to be left bi lore of Poul. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvi. 5 That Abraham..wolde holde my seremonyes and lawis. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. iv. 8 Ceremoyns and ryȝtwis domis. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 11 It was doon in ful solemne wyse And with many a cerymonye. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ddiv The ceremonyes of the masse. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 Ensens to mak the seremons of his sacrefeis. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 55 Some Satire..Not sorting with a nuptiall ceremony . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Num. ix. 3 According to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keepe it. View more context for this quotation 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §13. 163 It is ordinarily said, No Ceremony, no Bishop. 1710 Answer Sacheverell's Serm. 7 Old antiquated Ceremonies. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 161/2 The vestals remained a considerable time at Cære..and hence those rites were called Ceremonies. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 113 They repeated the ceremonies of the eleventh century in the coronation of the present Queen. b. disparagingly. A rite or observance regarded as merely formal or external; an empty form. †Sometimes regarded as symbolic or typical. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ridiculous or hypocritical > an empty ceremony ceremony?1531 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ridiculous or hypocritical > regarded as symbolic ceremony1631 ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye ii. sig. f6 Shall we become Jewes and go backe agayne to the shadowe and ceremonye sith we haue the bodye and significacion which is Christ? 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. ii. 390 It is, non ens: a meere flash, a ceremony, a toy, a thing of naught. 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 29 A Ceremony is an outward action designed or purposely observed and done in reference to some other thing to the substance whereof it doth not belong. 1693 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 420 There is no obligation to use the seal. It is onlie a Ceremonie. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 141 The custom had probably been long a mere ceremony. c. loosely. Applied to a thing done in a formal or ceremonious way; a stately formality. ΚΠ 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 6 Thank God the ceremony of dinner is over. 2. A formal act or observance, expressive of deference or respect to superiors in rank, or established by custom in social intercourse; a usage of courtesy, politeness, or civility. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > ceremonious ceremonyc1386 complement1578 complemento1582 formality1603 accompliment1613 compliment1655 ceremonial1749 c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 507 This god of loue..Doeth so hise cerymonyes and obeisances. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 107/2 Without any strayning of curtesie, whereof the serimonyes in disputacion marreth much of the matter. 1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 4 Ceremonies..be not to bee omitted to straungers and strange natures. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. vii. 21 I seldom use the ceremony of waiting for answers. 3. (without a or plural) Formal observances or usages collectively, or as an order of things: a. in reference to matters of religion or state: Performance of rites, ceremonial observance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 ceremonialc1380 circumstancec1386 celebrityc1425 pomposity?a1475 solemness1530 state1599 fashionableness1608 ceremoniality1623 decorum1638 setness1642 formality1666 ceremonialnessa1680 formalness1684 gravity1689 solemn1706 ceremony1759 panjandrum1860 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 266 Intrusted with matters of mere ceremony alone. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lv. 245 A true and hearty Christian, in substance, not in ceremony. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 101 Ceremony..All that is considered necessary by many in religion and friendship. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 220 The national temperament deeply enjoys the unbroken order and tradition of its church; the liturgy, ceremony, architecture. b. Precise observance of conventional forms of deference or respect; formality, ceremoniousness. without ceremony: off-hand, unceremoniously. to stand upon ceremony: to insist upon the punctilious observances of formalities or refuse to go on without them. (Cf. Shakespeare's use in 5.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum formc1405 galancie1581 ceremoniousness1583 punctilio1596 formality1599 ceremony1603 punctuality1618 punctillea1648 complementalness1657 formalness1684 punctiliousness1685 nicety1693 ceremonial1749 square-toedness1846 punctiliosity1859 uptightness1969 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony to strain or pinch courtesy1528 to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592 to stand upon ceremony1603 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [phrase] > without ceremony sans façon1672 sans cérémoniea1684 without ceremony1709 1603 King James VI & I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 78 Not with that ceremonie as towardis straingeris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 35 The sawce to meate is Ceremony . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋8 Without further Ceremony, I will go on to relate a singular Adventure. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. viii. 116 I never stand upon ceremony with such people. View more context for this quotation 1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. vi. 113 Without ceremony the two young ladies ran out of the room. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. ii. 21 I was shown with much ceremony..into the presence of the two ladies. †c. Ceremonious respect or regard. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > ceremonious ceremony1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 338 The Romaines had the Equestriall statues in great reuerence and ceremony. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Narr. Murther V. Vitelli in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 255 Oliveretto having paid his ceremony fell in with the rest. d. Ceremonial display, pomp, state. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] prideOE nobleyec1300 farec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 rialtya1375 estatec1385 lordliness1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 worthinessc1450 pomperyc1460 affairc1480 gloryc1480 majesty1481 triumpha1513 shine?1529 royalness?1548 sumptuosity1550 triumphing1569 magnificie1570 presence1570 gite1589 equipage1612 majesticalness1613 ceremonya1616 splendour1616 stateliness1637 majesticnessa1643 scheme1647 pageantry1651 grandeur1652 splendidnessa1657 magnanimity1658 magnificency1668 fluster1676 energy1764 pompa1783 panoply1790 pageanting1873 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 236 What haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too, Saue Ceremonie . View more context for this quotation 1710 London Gaz. No. 4742/2 He was brought in Ceremony from the Princess-Royal's Apartment. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 16 His dress a suit of fray'd magnificence, Once fit for feasts of ceremony. †4. concrete. An external accessory or symbolical ‘attribute’ of worship, state, or pomp. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > as symbolic of ceremony ceremonya1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G1 Æneas..carrying away his religious ceremonies. 1605 Journ. Earl Nottingham in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 553 Dukes of especial name bearing divers ceremonies..as the Salera or salt borne by one, the taper of wax by another, the chrism by another. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 65 Disrobe the Images, If you do finde them deckt with Ceremonies . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 61 No ceremony that to great ones longs..Become them..As mercie does. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xliv. 454 The ceremonies of cap and surplice. †5. A portent, omen: (drawn from the performance of some rite). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > drawn from the performance of a rite ceremonya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 197 He is Superstitious growne of late, Quite from the maine Opinion he held once, Of Fantasie, of Dreames, and Ceremonies . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 13 I neuer stood on Ceremonies, Yet now they fright me. View more context for this quotation 6. master of the ceremonies: the person who superintends the ceremonies observed in a place of state or on some public occasion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > state ceremony or formality > person superintending master of the ceremonies1662 MC1790 Master of (the) Ceremonies1888 femcee1940 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building Ep. Ded. sig. A2 My place of Master of the Ceremonies (which the King confirmed unto me during my life..). 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lv. 204 Mr. N—h,..commonly attends in this place, as master of the ceremonies. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. iii. 29 The master of the ceremonies introduced to her a very gentlemanlike young man as a partner. View more context for this quotation 1888 Court Guide H. M. Household, Master of Ceremonies. General Sir F. Seymour. Compounds ceremony-monger n. ΚΠ 1681 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 3 A Ceremony-Monger, who rails at Dissenters, And damns Non-Conformists in the Pulpit he enters. 1710 Answer Sacheverell's Serm. 6 The rigid Ceremony-mongers did hate the Religious part of the Nation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † ceremonyv. Etymology: < ceremony n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To sanctify or treat with ceremony. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (transitive)] workOE servec1175 usea1250 solemnize1382 exercisea1400 observec1425 solennizec1440 officyc1443 officec1449 execute1450 solemn1483 celebratec1487 solemnizate1538 frequenta1555 to put upa1628 officiate1631 ceremony1635 liturgy1716 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. viii. 274 If..Himens bands Have ceremonyed your unequall hands. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 36 Call'd and ceremony'd like a King. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1380v.1635
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ceremonyn.

Compounds

† ceremonyv.