ceremony
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
Noun 4 meanings
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
“a graduation ceremony, an opening ceremony”
A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
Etymology
From Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimonia or caeremonia, later often cerimonia (“sacredness, reverence, a sacred rite”).
CEREMONY at a glance
CEREMONY has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + R 1 + E 1 + M 3 + O 1 + N 1 + Y 4) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,405 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ceremony
All rhymes- TONY7
- TESTIMONY14
- COLONY11
- HARMONY15
- IRONY8
- PONY9
- BALCONY14
- FELONY12
- SYMPHONY21
- AGONY9
- PHONY13
- EBONY10
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