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ceremony English

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ceremony

A ceremony is a religious or social event with a number of things that are traditionally done or said. We are going to get married in a big wedding ceremony.

ceremony

a formal event performed on a special occasion a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball he disposed of it without ceremony the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion an inaugural ceremony

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Simple sentences

The opening ceremony took place on schedule.
The opening ceremony took place yesterday.
All right, everyone, let's not stand on ceremony tonight. Cheers!
The bride's father showed up late for the wedding ceremony.
No sooner had we entered the hall than the ceremony began.
Quite a few people attended the opening ceremony of the new bridge.
You don't have to stand on ceremony with me.
It was a very traditional ceremony.
The ceremony was simple.
Will you take part in the ceremony?
The ceremony will take place tomorrow.
The wedding ceremony was performed in the morning.
I don't want to participate in the ceremony.
The ceremony began with his speech.
The commemorative ceremony ended with the closing address.
I plan to invite a lot of guests to the opening ceremony.
You'll have to attend the ceremony whether you are free or busy.
The bad weather marred the ceremony.
Quite a few people were invited to the ceremony.
The present prime minister was not present at the ceremony.

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It's just a request to participate in the ceremony.
This is the stadium for the inaugural ceremony for the specially administrated zone of Nippon.
This ceremony is being broadcast worldwide.
It was. oh, that ceremony.
It was a closed casket ceremony.
A friend's daughter is getting married, and he's performing the ceremony.
In honour of the promotion of the president. and his journey to the residency town, his fellow councillors. are bidding him farewell at a ceremony at the town hall.
At the same time as the ceremony at the town hall. the townspeople gather for a torchlight procession. in honour of the president.
On the way to the ceremony.
Even though both bride and bridegroom preferred a quiet ceremony, it was the custom in the area to hold a big celebration.
My wedding ceremony was like this, so lovely.
Mr. Hooter, I'm very sorry, you'll get it at next year's ceremony.
That's a part of the ceremony, Your Majesty.
The Ceremony Master took a day off, so just come here.
Gee, Denny, I don't want any ceremony but. but. turn around and give me the works.
He says the ceremony is spoiled because we've seen it.
We've arranged a special ceremony to receive you into our church.
Yes, little mother, we've arranged a ceremony.
A wedding ceremony, six hours in a hotel apartment. during which time I'll never leave you, and then he leaves for Europe.
Why didn't you come to the welcoming ceremony?
We've been together eighteen months, and you still stand on ceremony.
No need to stand on ceremony on my account.
If the Bishop of the Black Canons is performing the ceremony tomorrow suppose we visit him at his abbey tonight and persuade him to suggest a way.
We are ready for the ceremony, Your Majesty.
Now, Tracy, don't sit down again until after the ceremony.
And prepare the most luxurious ceremony and reception.
Religious ceremony for the flags.
After the ceremony.
We've got to go through the ceremony with her.
The ceremony is finished.
But surely you will stay for dinner after the ceremony?
They said they were going to the plaza for an annual ceremony that's strange and barbaric.
Out of respect for his feelings, will you make the ceremony as brief as possible.
Be seated, gentlemen. No need to stand on ceremony on my account.
If the Bishop of the Black Canons is performing the ceremony tomorrow.. supposewevisithim at his abbey tonight.

News and current affairs

But how should we understand the broader implications of the opening ceremony, both for China and the outside world?
In a ceremony celebrating the promulgation of the current 1982 constitution, Hu reportedly expressed interest in strengthening constitutional protections against official intrusions in people's lives and in promoting extensive legal reform.
Once, at a traditional ceremony, in which an infant child receives his tribal name, I watched the proud father and a half dozen male friends dance together before a crowd of well-wishers.
The signing ceremony is therefore a message of hope.
The experience and the sacred ceremony remain incomplete if tension between the field and the grandstand is missing.
Sins can be dealt with, as long as proper ceremony is observed.
It has browbeaten other countries into boycotting the award ceremony.
But, in addition to supporting Liu's achievements by making certain that they are represented at the ceremony in Oslo, world leaders need to come to grips with the Chinese government's reaction.
Zhang, who appeared in this year's Oscar-nominated film Hero, refused to attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood in protest.
Tripoli, which hosted the liberation ceremony; and Zintan, which is holding Qaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, prisoner.
More important, an elected president has much greater legitimacy than a hereditary monarch, whose claim to authority depends exclusively on tradition and ceremony.
President Mbeki was one of the three heads of state present at the handover ceremony from Taylor to Blah in Monrovia, Liberia's capital.
Indeed, soon after the award was announced in October, Deaton published some startling work with Anne Case in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - research that is at least as newsworthy as the Nobel ceremony.
Near the hospital, in the clear air, on a street of the sad city that invented the tango, the dark ceremony is nearing completion, just as if it were taking place in a temple.
Growing talk - both in Europe and America - about boycotting the Olympics (or the opening ceremony) has proven utterly ineffective in influencing China's behavior in Tibet.
Later, he ordered Sarah Elmesallati, the host of the ceremony at which power was transferred to the GNC, to leave the stage halfway through her presentation because she was not wearing a headscarf.
Numerous heads of state and dignitaries from around the world attended the ceremony.
And, while Palestinians and Israelis did reach a secret agreement a few years later that was publicly declared at a White House ceremony, construction of Jewish settlements didn't stop.
At the same time, it could be argued that the spectacle of the opening ceremony was intended to overcome China's historic humiliation by the West and signal a new chapter.
MOSCOW - When the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games begins in a few days, viewers will be presented with a minutely choreographed spectacle swathed in nationalist kitsch.
His design centered on the construction of an imposing avenue to connect the Forbidden City and the National Stadium in which the opening ceremony will take place.
In a carefully calibrated response, South Korea sent its ambassador to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for the imprisoned Chinese human-rights activist Liu Xiaobo in December 2010.

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