ceremonious

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A plane carrying 59 of them landed at an airport just outside Washington DC earlier this month, in a ceremonious greeting that included the deputy secretary of state.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Early on in its history, Long Beach Opera, originally Long Beach Grand Opera, found the “grand” too ceremonious and increasingly scaled back to experimental, in-your-face intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The custom, which feels both ceremonious and nostalgic, can be a powerful refuge from the chaos of the outside world, business owners say.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

During a ceremonious Mass, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the Ulma family signed last month by Pope Francis.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2023

But also I wanted from her a life more ceremonious, less subject to makeshift and decampment.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood