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pageantry

noun
/ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/

Etymology

From pageant + -ry.

  1. derived from pāgina
  2. derived from pagina — “play in a cycle of mystery plays”
  3. inherited from pagent
  4. suffixed as pageantry — “pageant + ry”

Definitions

  1. A pageant

    A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.

    • pomp and pageantry
    • That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.
    • The world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pageantry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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