What is the meaning of the word "ceremony"?

Definitions:

  1. a formal event performed on a special occasion copy to clipboard noun
    • a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor copy to clipboard
  2. any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way copy to clipboard noun
    • the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine copy to clipboard
  3. the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion copy to clipboard noun
    • an inaugural ceremony copy to clipboard

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