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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: pageant, pageantry]
2: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn: pageant, pageantry]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1608 1. pageants and the presentation of pageants 2. colorful, rich, or splendid display ; spectacle 3. mere show ; empty display

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 elaborate or sumptuous show or display. 2 an instance of this.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pageantry Pag"eant*ry (-r[y^]), n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor. Such pageantry be to the people shown. --Dryden. The pageantry of festival. --J. A. Symonds. Syn: Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

People use pageantry to refer to the colourful and formal things that are done for special official or royal occasions, for example the wearing of special clothes and the playing of special music. ...all the pageantry of an official state visit.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Show, display, parade, pomp, state, splendor, magnificence, flourish, showing off.

Moby Thesaurus

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