pageantry

1 a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: pageant]

2 an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: pageant]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈpædʒəntri/

Noun

1. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
   • 1609: William Shakespeare, Pericles (V, ii)

     That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.

   • 1849: Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

     The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...

Pageantry may refer to:

• Beauty contest
• Medieval pageant

blazon, bravura, brilliancy, ceremony, cosmorama, cyclorama, daring, dash, demonstration, diorama, display, dramatics, eclat, etalage, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, exposition, extravagance, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, georama, histrionics, light show, magnificence, manifestation, myriorama, pageant, panorama, parade, phantasmagoria, pomp, presentation, psychedelic show, representation, sham, shifting scene, show, showiness, showing-off, sight, spectacle, splash, splurge, stage show, staginess, tableau, tableau vivant, theatrics, vaunt