ceremonial occasion

1. 1.

   a formal event performed on a special occasion

   “a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor”

   Synonymsceremonyceremonialobservance

   Broaderaffair

   Narrowercircumstancefuneralweddingpageantdedicationopeningcommemorationmilitary ceremonyinitiationexercise

Questions about ceremonial occasion

What does ceremonial occasion mean?

ceremonial occasion means "a formal event performed on a special occasion".

What is another word for ceremonial occasion?

Close synonyms include ceremony, ceremonial, observance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ceremonial occasion a common word?

ceremonial occasion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.