ceremony

n 1: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony

commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: {ceremonial}, {ceremonial

occasion}, {observance}]

2: 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"

3: the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion;

"an inaugural ceremony"