English-Thai Dictionary

ceremony

N ความ มี ระเบียบแบบแผน  kwam-me-ra-biab-baeb-paen

 

ceremony

N ความ เป็นทางการ  formality ritual kwam-pen-tang-kan

 

ceremony

N พฤติกรรม ที่ เป็นทางการ  pare-ti-kam-ti-pen-tang-kan

 

ceremony

N พิธีการ  พิธี  pi-te-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CEREMONY

n. 1. Outward rite; external form in religion.
2. Forms of civility; rules established by custom for regulating social intercourse.
3. Outward forms of state; the forms prescribed or established by order or custom, serving for the purpose of civility or magnificence, as in levees of princes, the reception of ambassadors, etc.
Master of ceremonies, an officer who superintends the reception of ambassadors. A person who regulates the forms to be observed by the company or attendants on a public occasion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CEREMONY

Cer "e *mo *ny, n.; pl. Ceremonies. Etym: [F. cérémonie, L. caerimonia;perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make. ]

 

1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover ]. Numb. ix. 3 Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser. [The heralds ] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. Milton.

 

2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on. .. hollow welcomes... But where there is true friendship there needs none. Shak. Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. Chesterfield.

 

3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs. ] Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies.... Let no images Be hung with Cæsar 's trophies. Shak.

 

4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs. ] Cæsar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. Shak. Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ceremony

cer e mo ny |ˈserəˌmōnē ˈsɛrəˌmoʊni | ▶noun ( pl. ceremonies ) 1 a formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary. • an act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form. 2 the ritual observances and procedures performed at grand and formal occasions: the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony. • formal polite behavior: he showed them to their table with great ceremony. PHRASES stand on ceremony [ usu. with negative ] insist on the observance of formalities: we don't stand on ceremony in this house. without ceremony without preamble or politeness: he was pushed without ceremony into the bathroom. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ceremonie or Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship, ’ (plural ) ‘ritual observances. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ceremony

cere |mony |ˈsɛrɪməni | ▶noun ( pl. ceremonies ) 1 a formal religious or public occasion, especially one celebrating a particular event, achievement, or anniversary. • an act or series of acts performed according to a traditional or prescribed form. 2 [ mass noun ] the ritual observances and procedures required or performed at grand and formal occasions: the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony. • formal polite behaviour: he showed them to their table with great ceremony. PHRASES stand on ceremony [ usu. with negative ] insist on the observance of formalities: we don't stand on ceremony in this house. without ceremony without preamble or politeness: he was pushed without ceremony into the bathroom. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ceremonie or Latin caerimonia ‘religious worship ’, (plural ) ‘ritual observances ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ceremony

ceremony noun 1 a wedding ceremony: ritual, rite, ceremonial, observance; service, sacrament, liturgy, worship, celebration. 2 the new queen was proclaimed with due ceremony: pomp, protocol, formalities, niceties, decorum, etiquette, punctilio, politesse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ceremony

ceremony noun 1 a wedding ceremony: rite, ritual, ceremonial, observance; service, sacrament, liturgy, worship, mystery, office, celebration; performance, act, practice, order, custom, tradition, convention, institution, formality, procedure, usage, habit, form. 2 the new Queen was proclaimed with due ceremony: pomp, protocol, formalities, niceties, decorum, etiquette, good form, propriety, conventionality, punctilio, attention to detail, fuss; French politesse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ceremony

cer e mo ny /sérəmòʊni |sér (ə )məni / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖語源は 「宗教的儀式 」〗名詞 複 -nies /-z /1 C 儀式 , 式典 , 式 ▸ hold [perform ] an opening ceremony 開会式を行う ▸ a graduation [wedding, funeral ] ceremony 卒業 [結婚, 葬 ]式 2 U (社交上の )礼儀 , 礼式 , 作法 ; 形式ばること (formality ); うわべだけの行為 ▸ with great ceremony とてもかしこまって not st à nd on [upon ] c é remony ｟主に英 ｠気楽にふるまう, 格式ばらない .without c é remony 儀式ばらず, うちとけて, 遠慮なく .