cérémonie

Definitions of cérémonie
  1. noun
    a formal event performed on a special occasion
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    cérémonie funèbre, enterrement, funérailles
    a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
    célébration du mariage, mariage, noce
    the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
    dédicace
    a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
    commencement
    a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
    installation
    a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    inauguration
    the ceremonial induction into a position
    enterrement, funérailles, mise au tombeau
    the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    couronnement
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
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    aventure
    a vaguely specified social event
  2. noun
    the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
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    cérémonie religieuse
    a ceremony having religious meaning
    cérémonie religieuse
    an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
    culte, office
    the act of public worship following prescribed rules
    sacrement
    a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
    onction, sacrement, sanctification
    a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
    onction, sacrement
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
    messe
    (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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    activité, occupation
    any specific behavior
  3. noun
    any customary observance or practice
    synonyms: rite
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    mariage
    the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
    mariage civil
    a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman
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    coutume, habitude, moeurs
    accepted or habitual practice
  4. noun
    an elaborate manner of doing something
    synonyms: dignité
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    formalité
    a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
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