Ceremonious

Quick meaning: Ceremonious is an adjective meaning Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.

Meaning

Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.

More Meanings

1. Of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious.
2. Synonym of ceremonial (“of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony or rite”); formal, ritual.
3. According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.

Example Sentences

[L]et vs take a ceremonious leaue, / And louing farevvell of our ſeuerall friends.

O, the Sacrifice, / Hovv ceremonious, ſolemne, and vn-earthly / It vvas i'th' Offring?

He descended to the cabin to bid a ceremonious, and, it may be, tacitly rebukeful adieu.

His onely delight is building, he ſpends himſelfe to get curious intricate models and plots, another is vvholly ceremonious about titles, degrees, inſcriptions.

Synonyms for ceremonious

Depending on context, synonyms include circumstantial, ceremonial, conventional, formal.

Antonyms for ceremonious

Common opposites include unceremonious.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include formal, conventional, punctilious, punctual, fastidious, puritanical.

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