the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion:
the coronation ceremony.
2.
a formal religious or sacred observance; a solemn rite:
a marriage ceremony.
3.
formal observances or gestures collectively; ceremonial observances:
The breathless messenger had no time for ceremony.
4.
any formal act or observance, especially a meaningless one:
His low bow was mere ceremony.
5.
a gesture or act of politeness or civility:
the ceremony of a handshake.
6.
strict adherence to conventional forms; formality:
to leave a room without ceremony.
Idioms
7.
stand on ceremony, to behave in a formal or ceremonious manner.