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ceremonials

ceremonials is the plural of ceremonial.

Meaning of ceremonial

Noun

ceremonial (countable and uncountable, plural ceremonials)

  1. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
    • Curt’sies, and the usual Ceremonials between Women who are Strangers to each other being past, Sophia said, ‘I have not the Pleasure to know you, Madam.’1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 6, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XVII, page 257

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Questions about ceremonials

What is ceremonials the plural of?
Ceremonials is the plural of ceremonial.

Words near ceremonials in the dictionary

  1. ceremonialists
  2. ceremonialize
  3. ceremoniall
  4. ceremonially
  5. ceremonialness
  6. ceremonials
  7. ceremonies
  8. ceremoniless
  9. ceremonious
  10. ceremoniously
  11. ceremoniousness

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