Lexic.us

Definition of Pageantry

1. Noun. A rich and spectacular ceremony.

2. Noun. An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes.

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

1. [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pageantry

page flow page flows page in page kidney page number page out page printer page proof page wire pageable

pageant pageanted pageanting pageantlike pageantries pageantry (current term) pageants pageaunt pageboy pageboys

paged paged down paged in paged out paged up pagefile pagefiles pageful pagefuls pagehood

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 ..."

Other Resources: