Pageantry
Definition of pageantry:
part of speech: noun
Ostentatious display: pompous exhibition or spectacle.
part of speech: noun
Usage examples for pageantry:
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They possessed the following characteristics and imposed some or all of them on very different forms of drama: subjects drawn from English history, the presentation of historical and political events, an incongruous mixture of material, a narrative structure almost as unorganized as the chronicles themselves, patriotic sentiments, and the stage pageantry of court and camp.
"Tragedy", Ashley H. Thorndike. -
Early in the month following Sir Henry Wotton writes to his nephew giving particulars of the fire, and describing the pageantry which was evidently an important feature of the play: " The King's players had a new play called 'All is True, ' representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage; the Knights of the Order with their Georges and Garter, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like; sufficient in truth, within a while, to make greatness very familiar if not ridiculous."
"Shakespeare in the Theatre", William Poel. -
As we descended a winding path that gently led to the beach, the sun set and the glorious pageantry suddenly vanished.
"Daisy Burns (Volume 2)", Julia Kavanagh. -
And not only did those of the Holy Inquisition rejoice, but thousands and thousands more who had flocked from all parts to witness the dreadful ceremony, and to hold a jubilee- many indeed actuated by fanaticism, superstition, but more attended from thoughtlessness and the love of pageantry
"The Phantom Ship", Captain Frederick Marryat.