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ceremonial occasion

n. a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, ceremonial, observance]

Usage examples of "ceremonial occasion".

Hiafmansa Eve was usually only a religious and ceremonial occasion.

Irrespective of status or nationality, Qin Shang acted as if every meal was a ceremonial occasion and he was the emperor.

Now they were still, in wildcat dignity, for this was a ceremonial occasion.

Einon ab Ithel, when representing his prince on a ceremonial occasion, required a squire in attendance, and Eliud undertook the grooming of the tall bay himself.

Back in the early twentieth century, when a ship left port on a long voyage, it was a ceremonial occasion.

His chuckle was too bawdy to seem quite fitting at a ceremonial occasion.

It is a largely ceremonial occasion, but he will be outlining his intended policies at home and abroad.

As tonight was a ceremonial occasion, he wore a coat of aurochs hide dyed blue with woad, buttoned and cinched with hammered gold.

As he approached the empty position, a graying NCO wearing full uniform so clean and crisp that it reminded him of Craythorne on a ceremonial occasion looked up.

The last thing he expected was for this to turn into a ceremonial occasion.