pageantry
Example Sentences
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Arguably more interest stemmed from the pageantry of Sunday's game than from the actual cricket.
From BBC
But a state visit allows for ceremonial pageantry aimed at elevating the occasion and demonstrating the importance with which the UK views those visiting.
From BBC
Hence, Fiennes’ outrageous pageantry sharpens “The Bone Temple” into a tragedy as opposed to just another bloodbath.
From Salon
What makes the upcoming pageantry and platitudes remarkable is the country’s mood.
From Salon
Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
