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pageantry

[ paj-uhn-tree ]

/ ˈpædʒ ən tri /

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noun, plural pag·eant·ries.

spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.

mere show; empty display.

pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants.

Origin of pageantry

First recorded in 1600–10; pageant + -ry

SYNONYMS FOR pageantry

1 spectacle, ceremony, show.

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Words nearby pageantry

page proof, page-jack, page-three, page-turner, pageant, pageantry, pageboy, pager, paget, paget's cell, paget's disease

Example sentences from the Web for pageantry

Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.

Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? |Emily Shire |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
A papal visit, by definition, is freighted with emotion and pageantry.

‘Viva Papa Francisco!’ Brazil Celebrates Pope’s Trip |Mac Margolis |July 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Cannons were fired, brass bands played, and American-inspired pomp and pageantry abounded.

Liberia Rethinks Its Past in Wake of Charles Taylor War-Crimes Verdict |Emily Schmall, Clair MacDougall |April 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Even though it was Ronald Reagan coming through the door, I loved the pageantry.

Obama Should Use Fighting Words in the 2012 State of the Union |Michael Tomasky |January 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

But recently, news broke of a woman who claimed to be blowing the lid off a "dirty little secret" of pageantry.

Pageant Moms Aren't All Crazy |Heather Ryan |May 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Moreover, he was so much in love with all sorts of pageantry and acts of power that he would willingly do his part.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery |Robert Means Lawrence
He was frequently employed to supply verses for Court Masques and Pageantry.

Calamities and Quarrels of Authors |Isaac Disraeli
A pageantry of the things that have been happening in Dante for six hundred years.

Oscar Wilde |Arthur Ransome
Want of logic and defiance of ethical principle underlie their pride in magnificent ceremonial and pageantry.

Shakespeare and the Modern Stage |Sir Sidney Lee
The proud Spaniards advanced in their invading march with as much of war's pageantry as could be assumed.

Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi |John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for pageantry

pageantry

/ (ˈpædʒəntrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

spectacular display or ceremony

archaic pageants collectively