pageantry

[ paj-uhn-tree ]

/ ˈpædʒ ən tri /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for pageantry on Thesaurus.com

noun, plural pag·eant·ries.

spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.

mere show; empty display.

pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants.

OTHER WORDS FOR pageantry

1 spectacle, ceremony, show.

See synonyms for pageantry on Thesaurus.com

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of pageantry

First recorded in 1600–10; pageant + -ry

Words nearby pageantry

Paganini, paganism, paganize, page, pageant, pageantry, pageboy, page description language, page-jack, page printer, page proof

How to use pageantry in a sentence

It’s easy to overinflate the accomplishments of the present, particularly when the event in question carries the pageantry of the Olympics.
What Do 60 Percent Of America’s Gold Medals From Tokyo Have In Common?|Josh Planos|August 9, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
It was a celebration low on introspection but thick with pageantry.
At Centenary Celebrations, Xi Jinping Says China’s Success Rests on the Communist Party. But In Reality, It’s All About Him|Charlie Campbell / Shanghai|July 1, 2021|Time
He writes that virtual summits remove the pageantry and rituals that set these kinds of events apart from the day-to-day of politics, and makes them feel urgent and important to the participants.
Boris Johnson’s canceled India trip is a reminder that statecraft is impossible over Zoom|Annabelle Timsit|April 20, 2021|Quartz
Producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh have maintained that the ceremony will be shot like a movie, perhaps an effort to mix things up and attract viewers who lost interest in the usual pageantry over the years.
Why do the Oscars matter?|Sonia Rao|April 16, 2021|Washington Post

The McSweenys typically bought a table and invited friends who had never been to an inaugural ball to let them experience the pageantry and patriotism first hand.
America doesn’t need inaugural balls. But there’s something lost when they disappear.|Roxanne Roberts|January 19, 2021|Washington Post
Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Passersby passed by, displaying the full pageantry of West Village life.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble|David Bukszpan|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A papal visit, by definition, is freighted with emotion and pageantry.
‘Viva Papa Francisco!’ Brazil Celebrates Pope’s Trip|Mac Margolis|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cannons were fired, brass bands played, and American-inspired pomp and pageantry abounded.
Liberia Rethinks Its Past in Wake of Charles Taylor War-Crimes Verdict|Emily Schmall, Clair MacDougall|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But what gets lost among all the bitter pageantry is the little matter of delegates.
A Florida Win Will Make Headlines, But What About the Delegates?|Matthew DeLuca|January 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The poor like the Queen personally, and like to gaze at royal pageantry; but they are not fanatically loyal.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The ceremony was shorn of the grotesque pageantry of chivalric times, and was confined to the interior of the abbey.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Its grand opening was a riot of splendid colorings and beauty, never surpassed in all pageantry.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Man seeks to adorn death; the pageantry of the funeral, the attractiveness of the cemetery, all show this.
Separation and Service|James Hudson Taylor
It is a religion of love, practical, undemonstrative, knowing nothing of pageantry and spectacle.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce

British Dictionary definitions for pageantry

pageantry

/ (ˈpædʒəntrɪ) /

noun plural -ries

spectacular display or ceremony

archaic pageants collectively

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pageantry

OTHER WORDS FOR pageantry

Origin of pageantry

Words nearby pageantry

Words related to pageantry

How to use pageantry in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for pageantry