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pageantry

Syllables: pa·gean·try/ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/

pageantry noun: a pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.

Noun

pageantry (countable and uncountable, plural pageantries)

  1. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
    • pomp and pageantry
    • That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

pageantry meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

pageantry in Tamil

பக்கப் பார்வைப்படி

pageantry in Malayalam

ceremony, spectacle, display
പ്രദർശനം, ആഘോഷപര്യടനം, ആഡംബരപൂർണ്ണമായ പ്രദർശനഘോഷയാത്ര, ദൃശ്യവിസ്മയം, ദൃശ്യവിരുന്ന്, വിസ്മയക്കാഴ്ച

pageantry in Kannada

ಆಡಂಬರದ ದೃಶ್ಯಾವಳಿ, ಬೆಡಗಿನ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ, ವೈಭವದ ಮೆರವಣಿಗೆ, ಆಡಂಬರ, ಡಂಭಾಚಾರ, ಡೌಲು

Examples of pageantry in a sentence

  • The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers:
  • Anfield had been the usual portable pageantry of flags and banners and songs before kick-off.2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, The Guardian:
  • But Harry, in his civilian suit, was also a reminder of the schism between the traditional and the modern in the royal family that can’t be drowned out by pageantry.2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times:

Forms of pageantry

pluralpageantries

Origin of pageantry

From pageant + -ry.

Questions about pageantry

What does pageantry mean?
Pageantry means a pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
What is pageantry in Tamil?
Pageantry in Tamil is பக்கப் பார்வைப்படி. See Pageantry meaning in Tamil.
How do you use pageantry in a sentence?
The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...
What part of speech is pageantry?
Pageantry is a noun.
How do you pronounce pageantry?
Pageantry is pronounced /ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/.
What is the plural of pageantry?
The plural of pageantry is pageantries.

Words near pageantry in the dictionary

  1. pageantic
  2. pageanting
  3. pageantitis
  4. pageantlike
  5. pageantries
  6. pageantry
  7. pageants
  8. pageaunt
  9. pageaunts
  10. pageboy
  11. pageboys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pageantry (page history and authors); pageantry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pageantry (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); pageantry (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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