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Ceremoniousness

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n. The state of being ceremonious

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quaility of being ceremonious; the practice of much ceremony; formality: as, ceremoniousness of manners.

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n. a ceremonial manner

Word Usage

"Wilson also dispensed with the ceremoniousness hamstringing Boston's other lyceums, such as their practice of staging elaborate quasi-military "Banner Marches," which they sometimes even performed before military veterans."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

formalness formality

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