Associations to the word «Ceremony»

Wiktionary

CEREMONY, noun. A ritual with religious significance.
CEREMONY, noun. An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
CEREMONY, noun. A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
CEREMONY, noun. (obsolete) An omen or portent.

Dictionary definition

CEREMONY, noun. A formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor".
CEREMONY, noun. Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony".
CEREMONY, noun. The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.