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pageant

noun
/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/

Etymology

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).

  1. derived from pāgina
  2. derived from pagina — “play in a cycle of mystery plays”
  3. inherited from pagent

Definitions

  1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

    • For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]
    • The artists who painted these murals brought the pageant of America vividly to life. Everyone knew that the construction of this pageant, and the celebration of America that it implied, was the work of the New Deal.

  2. A spectacular ceremony.

  3. Ellipsis of beauty pageant.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

    2. To exhibit in show

      To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

      • He pageants us.

The neighborhood

Derived

beauty pageant, be part of life's rich pageant, pageanteer, pageanter, pageant fever, pageant-goer, pageantic, pageantitis, pageantlike, pageantry

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA