Ceremony - Definition

n 1: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony
commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, 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"