ceremonial

Some council meetings essentially are ceremonial and waste the time not only of representatives but also of their staffers, who could be doing other work, he said.

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

In Milan, a group of Italian and US firefighters participated in a ceremonial stair climb to honour the emergency responders who died in the line of duty.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

When San Jose Mogote founded Monte Alban, Tilcajete responded by gathering people from its surrounding villages, doubling in size, and erecting its own ceremonial buildings.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The huge hole in the record of L.A.’s musical storytelling is because so many old tunes were sung in the streets, at home, at ceremonials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021

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

She salutes Grandfather, slender and shining in her ceremonials, her black cloak fluttering lightly.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir