pageantry

pag·eant·ry (p

n-tr

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n. pl. pag·eant·ries

1. Pageants and their presentation.

a. Grand display; pomp.

b. Empty show; flashy display.

pageantry [ˈpædʒəntrɪ]

n pl -ries

1. spectacular display or ceremony

2. Archaic pageants collectively

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Noun	1.	pageantry - a rich and spectacular ceremony pageant ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
	2.	pageantry - an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes pageant representation - an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent

pageantry

noun spectacle, show, display, drama, parade, splash (informal), state, glitter, glamour, grandeur, splendour, extravagance, pomp, magnificence, theatricality, showiness He was greeted with all the pageantry of an official state visit.

Translations

pageantry [ˈpædʒəntrɪ] N → pompa f, boato m
it was celebrated with much pageantry → se celebró con gran boato
the pageantry of the occasion → lo espectacular or vistoso del acontecimiento
all the pageantry of history → todo el esplendor de la historia

pageantry [ˈpædʒəntri] n → apparat m, pompe f

pageantry

n → Prunk m, → Gepränge nt; all the pageantry of history → die ganze Pracht der Geschichte; the coronation was celebrated with great pageantry → die Krönung wurde sehr prunkvoll or mit großem Prunk gefeiert

pageantry [ˈpædʒ/əntrɪ] n → sfarzo, pompa

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Bright ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony colour display effect glitter glory heraldist heraldry image impression observance ostentation pageant pomp representation scarlet woman	So late from Heaven - that dew - it fell(Mid dreams of an unholy night) Upon me - with the touch of Hell, While the red flashing of the light From clouds that hung, like banners, o'er, Appeared to my half-closing eye The pageantry of monarchy, And the deep trumpet-thunder's roar Came hurriedly upon me, telling Of human battle, where my voice, My own voice, silly child Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context While Don Quixote and Sancho were engaged in the discussion set forth the last chapter, they heard loud shouts and a great noise, which were uttered and made by the men on the mares as they went at full gallop, shouting, to receive the bride and bridegroom, who were approaching with musical instruments and pageantry of all sorts around them, and accompanied by the priest and the relatives of both, and all the most distinguished people of the surrounding villages. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context All the pageantry and music and heroism in front; and behind, a blackened world, a trail of writhing corpses, a world of weeping women for whom the sun shall never rise again. The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context	paeonine paeony Paestum Páez PAGAD pagan pagan religion Pagandom Paganic Paganini paganise Paganish paganism Paganity paganize Paganly page page boy page number page printer page rate page-at-a-time printer page-jack page-turner pageant pageantry pageboy Pagehood Pagellus Pagellus centrodontus pager Paget Paget James Paget's disease pageview Pagina paginal paginate pagination paging Paglia Pagnol Pago Pago Pagod pagoda Pagoda sleeve pagoda tree Pagodite Pagophila Pagophila eburnea Pagophilus	Page, Thomas Nelson Page, Thomas Nelson Page, Walter Hines Page, William page-at-a-time printer page-jack page-jacked page-jacking page-jacks Page-Replacement Algorithm and Control Logic PAGE-SS page-turner page-turners page-turning Page-Wide Array PAGE/SS Pageable Link Pack Area pageable memory pageant pageant pageant Pageant (disambiguation) Pageant (disambiguation) Pageant News Bureau, Inc. Pageant of the Golden Tree Pageant queen Pageant queen Pageant wagon Pageant wagon pageantries pageantry Pageants Pageants pageboy pageboys paged paged paged paged paged Paged File Paged Memory Management Unit Paged Memory Management Unit Paged Virtual Memory Pagefault Pagefile Pagefile Pagefile.sys Pagefile.sys pageFormat pageful pageful pageful pageful pageful Pagegiai Pagehood Pagejacking Pagelength pagelet Pagellus

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So late from Heaven - that dew - it fell(Mid dreams of an unholy night) Upon me - with the touch of Hell, While the red flashing of the light From clouds that hung, like banners, o'er, Appeared to my half-closing eye The pageantry of monarchy, And the deep trumpet-thunder's roar Came hurriedly upon me, telling Of human battle, where my voice, My own voice, silly child

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

While Don Quixote and Sancho were engaged in the discussion set forth the last chapter, they heard loud shouts and a great noise, which were uttered and made by the men on the mares as they went at full gallop, shouting, to receive the bride and bridegroom, who were approaching with musical instruments and pageantry of all sorts around them, and accompanied by the priest and the relatives of both, and all the most distinguished people of the surrounding villages.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

All the pageantry and music and heroism in front; and behind, a blackened world, a trail of writhing corpses, a world of weeping women for whom the sun shall never rise again.

The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

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