noun
a formal event performed on a special occasion
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a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor
• Syn: ↑ceremony, ↑ceremonial, ↑observance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑observe (for: ↑observance), ↑ceremonial (for: ↑ceremonial), ↑ceremonial (for: ↑ceremony)
• Hypernyms: ↑affair, ↑occasion, ↑social occasion, ↑function, ↑social function
• Hyponyms:
↑circumstance, ↑funeral, ↑wedding, ↑wedding ceremony, ↑nuptials, ↑hymeneals, ↑pageant, ↑pageantry, ↑dedication, ↑opening, ↑commemoration, ↑memorialization, ↑memorialisation, ↑military ceremony, ↑initiation, ↑induction, ↑installation, ↑exercise, ↑fire walking, ↑formality, ↑formalities, ↑Maundy, ↑potlatch
Useful english dictionary. 2012.