#ceremonial__ceremony__ceremonial_occasion__observance a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
supertype: #social_occasion__affair__occasion a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"
subtype: #circumstance.ceremonial formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"
subtype: #funeral a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
subtype: #burial__entombment__inhumation__interment__sepulture the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
subtype: #wedding_ceremony__weddingceremony__wedding__nuptials the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
subtype: #pageantry__pageant a rich and spectacular ceremony
subtype: #dedication.ceremonial a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
subtype: #rededication a new dedication; "the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem"
subtype: #opening.ceremonial a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
subtype: #memorialization__commemoration__memorialisation a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
subtype: #military_ceremony.ceremonial__militaryceremony a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
subtype: #initiation__induction__installation a formal entry into a position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"
subtype: #inaugural__inauguration the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"
subtype: #coronation__enthronement__enthronization__enthronisation__investiture the ceremony of installing a new monarch
subtype: #bar_mitzvah (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event"
subtype: #bat_mitzvah__bath_mitzvah__bas_mitzvah__basmitzvah (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility
subtype: #exercise.ceremonial (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
subtype: #commencement_exercise__commencement__commencement_ceremony__graduation__graduation_exercise an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
subtype: #fire_walking the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
subtype: #formalities__formalitie__formality a requirement of etiquette or custom
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