ceremonial

However, footage of the victory ceremony afterwards showed ceremonial officials struggling to raise South Korea's flag on the flagpole, sparking boos from Korean fans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The job is largely a ceremonial post, but if the sitting governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, then the lieutenant governor would be elevated to take over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Montana Levi Blanco’s imposing Elizabethan costumes referred to the opera’s Shakespearean source, and the ruin of the Macbeths was all the more noticeable when their grand ceremonial garments were stripped away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Every year, a person of special importance serves as the ceremonial guitar string cutter to open the festivities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Behind this group eight sturdy fellows bear the royal litter, rough with yellow sapphires, in which no king has ridden for centuries, a ceremonial relic of the very-long-ago.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Then, Scorsese and the film’s stars — Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio — started coming to the ceremonials, and George was struck by how attentive they were.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The ceremonials were the same, and we filed into the Council Chamber a little before four in the afternoon.

From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018

We climbed and explored Acoma and Bandelier, Mesa Verde, went to Indian dances and ceremonials and powwows.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2016

Probably as important as the ceremonials was the chance to talk over the events of seven decades past.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2014

Helene chatters about how thrilling it will be to put on our ceremonials.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir