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ceremonial

If something is ceremonial, it is related to or used in a ceremony. The men wear them only for ceremonial occasions.

ceremonial

marked by pomp or ceremony or formality a ceremonial occasion ceremonial garb (= ceremony) a formal event performed on a special occasion a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor

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Simple sentences

England proper is divided into 48 ceremonial counties.

Movie subtitles

Bring me my ceremonial dress.
And so I am glad to have met you for the first time, as I did, sir, on a simple and heart-warming occasion, rather than at some military ceremonial.
To enjoy ceremonial tea with cake.
Beaufort. No preliminary nonsense with him, no ceremonial phrasing.
On the contrary, I think they suggest a. a ceremonial altar, which you can heap with the foods for our sacrificial feast.
I had that medicine man stage a whole ceremonial.
At the Austrian Court predominates a rigorous ceremonial. the Spanish ceremonial that must be obeyed, in any situation.
But I'm afraid ofAunt Sofia and all that court ceremonial. I understand!
It's a sort of pagan ritual, a ceremonial dance where the faithful sit around sipping tea and worshipping clothes.
You'll be given your ceremonial caudas.
Take this, the ceremonial gauntlet.
There will be a ceremonial killing.
I never did like your ceremonial killings anyway.
And a ceremonial banquet is held.
It's necessary to prepare for the ceremonial meeting and the announcement of the agreement.
A ceremonial dance.
True, music is my whole world, but for such a ceremonial occasion.
No preliminary nonsense with him, no ceremonial phrasing.
A prisoner of such consequence deserves the dignity of the ceremonial ax.
The Spanish court ceremonial, which must be upheld under all circumstances.
I'm just so scared of Aunt Sophie and the court ceremonial.
Her Imperial Highness, Archduchess Sophie, has authorized me to present to Your Majesty these instructions of the Spanish court ceremonial.
Franz, please forgive me if I'm about to do something that violates the Spanish court ceremonial, but I'm doing it for you and your country.
We wait for you, in order to enter the Kremlin together, to the sounds of ceremonial marches and our anthem, and together experience the joy of peace and freedom!
Though his heart was divided. Tamura accepted the ceremonial sword. and bowed to his fate.
It's not exactly a soothing experience you know to wake up in the morning and find a judge all dressed up in those crazy ceremonial robes, climbing over your bed.
The U.S. Supreme Court decreed a ceremonial dance. to be racially desegregated with all deliberate speed.
Mr. Bennett, May I remind you that masks and robes such as you are wearing are only used on absolutely ceremonial occasions, hmm?
Prepare the girl in the ceremonial tabard.
It's more ceremonial here.
Ceremonial regalia, sacred relics.
It gives me great pleasure to present. this ceremonial gold-plated whistle. to this year's honorary grand marshal. Dean Vernon Wormer.
They built this ceremonial calendar so that the sun's rays would penetrate a window and enter a particular niche on this day alone.

News and current affairs

One of President Clinton's problems, they said, was that the ceremonial portions of the job bored him - and thus he got himself into big trouble.
The Chinese public's indifference to their country's ceremonial transition of power is hardly surprising.
Milosevic would be squeezed into a ceremonial presidential role.
Shimon Peres, seasoned political wizard that he is, could give his largely ceremonial role a fresh edge by helping all sides out of the muddle.
But the Indian Presidency is a largely ceremonial position: real power is vested in the office of prime minister, and no Dalit has come close to holding that post.
But he's also liable to turn a 30-month ceremonial post as the EU's figurehead into one with much more political clout than its 27 national leaders might like.
To be sure, in EU institutions' public and ceremonial meetings, interpretation and translation must be equally available, at least in principle, from every language into every other.
Although India's presidency is primarily a ceremonial post that carries less weight than that of prime minister (the position once held by Indira Gandhi), it is symbolically significant.
Even if we disregard some of the accusations against Patil as baseless, it is hard to imagine a less powerful candidate for the highest ceremonial post in the largest democracy in the world.
Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, retains control of Iraq's largely ceremonial presidency.
On the positive side of the ledger, Obama received ceremonial treatment not normally accorded to visiting foreign leaders, even other visiting US presidents, demonstrating the importance China's government attached to the visit.
He resigned in 2004 to run as Angela Merkel's candidate for the largely ceremonial office of President of the German Federal Republic, a job he performed capriciously until he abruptly resigned.
While India's president may be only a ceremonial head of state, during periods of political instability - especially in the current age of coalition governments - it is the president who makes crucial decisions about governing parties.

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