What does celebrity mean?
Celebrity means (obsolete) A rite or ceremony..
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/sɪˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ti/ · noun
(obsolete) A rite or ceremony..
Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.
"What do you put in your paper?" I asked, […] "Oh, news," said he, "and dull articles, and things about Celebrities. If you know any Celebrities, now?" Noël asked him what Celebrities were. "Oh, the Queen and the Princes, and people with titles, and people who write, or sing, or act—or do something clever or wicked."
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
Use celebrity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Celebrity means (obsolete) A rite or ceremony..
Common synonyms include big name, distinction, fame, eminence.
Possible antonyms include opprobrium, infamy.
Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.
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