WordNet
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.