Pageantry
noun
A grand and impressive display or event that is full of pomp and show.
The royal wedding was a remarkable display of pageantry.
Often appears as...
- royal pageantry
- display of pageantry
noun
The showing of impressive ceremonies, habits and traditions to mark special events.
The local festival started with a bright display of pageantry representing the culture.
Often appears as...
- cultural pageantry
- pageantry traditions
Usage tips
Cultural
noun
A grand and impressive display or event that is full of pomp and show.
The royal wedding was a remarkable display of pageantry.
Often appears as...
- royal pageantry
- display of pageantry
noun
The showing of impressive ceremonies, habits and traditions to mark special events.
The local festival started with a bright display of pageantry representing the culture.
Often appears as...
- cultural pageantry
- pageantry traditions
Usage tips
Cultural
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Grand Events
Pageantry is often used to describe events that are formal and grand, like state ceremonies or royal events.
The coronation was full of historical pageantry.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Pageantry involves visual elements like costumes and decorations that are elaborate and eye-catching.
The parade's pageantry captivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Stirring
Pageantry can evoke strong emotions and a sense of wonder due to its scale and beauty.
The pageantry of the opening ceremony was moving.
Pro Tip 1/3Grand Events
Pageantry is often used to describe events that are formal and grand, like state ceremonies or royal events.
The coronation was full of historical pageantry.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Pageantry involves visual elements like costumes and decorations that are elaborate and eye-catching.
The parade's pageantry captivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Stirring
Pageantry can evoke strong emotions and a sense of wonder due to its scale and beauty.
The pageantry of the opening ceremony was moving.
Pro Tip 1/3Grand Events
Pageantry is often used to describe events that are formal and grand, like state ceremonies or royal events.
The coronation was full of historical pageantry.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Spectacle
Pageantry involves visual elements like costumes and decorations that are elaborate and eye-catching.
The parade's pageantry captivated everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Stirring
Pageantry can evoke strong emotions and a sense of wonder due to its scale and beauty.
The pageantry of the opening ceremony was moving.
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Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
The horse represented respect, pride, generosity, strength, medicine, healing. I saw the horse as a symbol of pride. It was used in pageantry, in parades, and in racing. And it was always adorned with the family or a tribe's
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The Romans flooded the...
The grand opening was celebrated with 100 days of pageantry and gladiatorial games, setting the precedent for programming that included parades, musical performances, public executions, and of course, gladiatorial combat.
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Online learning could...
It's a burst of color and excitement. When I was little, he'd carry me up on his shoulders and I'd marvel at the pageantry. I loved the wizard-like academic robes that all the professors wore.
Video examples
Erika Larsen: People of...
The horse represented respect, pride, generosity, strength, medicine, healing. I saw the horse as a symbol of pride. It was used in pageantry, in parades, and in racing. And it was always adorned with the family or a tribe's
Video examples
The Romans flooded the...
The grand opening was celebrated with 100 days of pageantry and gladiatorial games, setting the precedent for programming that included parades, musical performances, public executions, and of course, gladiatorial combat.
Video examples
Online learning could...
It's a burst of color and excitement. When I was little, he'd carry me up on his shoulders and I'd marvel at the pageantry. I loved the wizard-like academic robes that all the professors wore.
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Quote examples
Gerrit Cole
American Athlete
There's a lot of pageantry involved in opening day, flyovers, extra long TV breaks and stuff. To say that it's not important, more so than some other ones, it is. It's the first game of the year. but I got 30 starts to make. Each win or loss is equally as important.
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Catriona Gray
Filipino Model
Social media has definitely revolutionized or transformed the world of pageantry, and not just pageantry, but any social cause that we like to lend our voice to, how we inform each other, how we connect.
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H. G. Bissinger
American Journalist
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
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Kirk Herbstreit
American Journalist
It's hard to describe to people unless you're a college football fan, the energy of it, the pageantry, getting onto a college campus in the fall.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.
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Orianthi
Australian Musician
A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.
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Adam Lambert
American Musician
There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
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Shanna Moakler
Pageantry isn't just about holding a title, it's also about helping women grow as people.
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Sophie Kerr
American Writer
If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
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Gerrit Cole
American Athlete
There's a lot of pageantry involved in opening day, flyovers, extra long TV breaks and stuff. To say that it's not important, more so than some other ones, it is. It's the first game of the year. but I got 30 starts to make. Each win or loss is equally as important.
Quote examples
Catriona Gray
Filipino Model
Social media has definitely revolutionized or transformed the world of pageantry, and not just pageantry, but any social cause that we like to lend our voice to, how we inform each other, how we connect.
Quote examples
H. G. Bissinger
American Journalist
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
Quote examples
Vera Wang
American Designer
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
Quote examples
Kirk Herbstreit
American Journalist
It's hard to describe to people unless you're a college football fan, the energy of it, the pageantry, getting onto a college campus in the fall.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
I think that it's okay to be mad at someone who hurt you. This isn't about, like, the pageantry of trying to seem like nothing affects you.
Quote examples
Orianthi
Australian Musician
A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.
Quote examples
Adam Lambert
American Musician
There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it.
Quote examples
Shanna Moakler
Pageantry isn't just about holding a title, it's also about helping women grow as people.
Quote examples
Sophie Kerr
American Writer
If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
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