Definition of Pageantry

1. Noun. A rich and spectacular ceremony.

Exact synonyms: Pageant
Generic synonyms: Ceremonial, Ceremonial Occasion, Ceremony, Observance

2. Noun. An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes.
Exact synonyms: Pageant
Generic synonyms: Representation

Definition of Pageantry

1. n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.

Definition of Pageantry

1. Noun. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pageantry

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pageantry

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pageantry (current term)
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Literary usage of Pageantry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civic Theatre in Relation to the Redemption of Leisure: A Book of by Percy MacKaye (1912)
"An artistic phenomenon so significant and widespread as pageantry should ... There should be a journal of pageantry; probably a quarterly would fill the ..."

2. The Indiana Centennial, 1916: A Record of the Celebration of the One by Indiana Historical Commission (1919)
"The possibilities of pageantry appealed very strongly to the Commission as a ... But pageantry as a real community effort and expression is a very recent ..."

3. Choosing a Play, Revised and Enlarged: Suggestions and Bibliography for the by Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson (1920)
"Bates, EW Pageants and pageantry, New York, Ginn &Co. Beegle, Crawford. Community Drama and pageantry, Yale University Press. ..."

4. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1902)
"pageantry A^^ ART., ;, BY PHILIP H. NEWMAN, KBA ; MEMBER OF COUNCIL, RSL [Head June 18th, 1902.] Tni'i title of this paper is obviously suggested by the ..."

5. The Dramatic Instinct in Education by Elnora Whitman Curtis (1914)
"XI pageantry ANY account of present-day methods of appeal to the dramatic instinct would be incomplete without some consideration of pageantry in its ..."

6. Letters from England by Robert] [Southey (1898)
"The English do not understand pageantry.—Illumination.—M. Otto's House. ... I looked for a pomp and pageantry far surpassing whatever I had seen in my own ..."

7. Letters from England by Robert Southey (1808)
"The English do not understand pageantry.—Illumination.—M. Otto's House. ... I looked for a pomp and pageantry far surpassing whatever I had seen in my own ..."

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