What does pageantry mean?
Pageantry means A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant..
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/ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/ · noun
A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant..
pomp and pageantry
That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.
The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...
Anfield had been the usual portable pageantry of flags and banners and songs before kick-off. With the sky still blue above the away end the Barcelona fans stood and watched and took pictures and joined in the pre-match round of You’ll Never Walk Alone.
But Harry, in his civilian suit, was also a reminder of the schism between the traditional and the modern in the royal family that can’t be drowned out by pageantry.
Use pageantry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pageantry means A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant..
Common synonyms include pageant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
pomp and pageantry
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