pageantry
Example Sentences
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But a state visit allows for ceremonial pageantry aimed at elevating the occasion and demonstrating the importance with which the UK views those visiting.
From BBC
Hence, Fiennes’ outrageous pageantry sharpens “The Bone Temple” into a tragedy as opposed to just another bloodbath.
From Salon
What makes the upcoming pageantry and platitudes remarkable is the country’s mood.
From Salon
Yet it was precisely this world—hierarchical, steeped in pageantry, encouraging of free inquiry and progress—that produced the Industrial Revolution and the republican structure of government that took root in the U.S.
“The pageantry of ‘The 10 Commandments,’ and the beauty of Egyptian architecture.
From Salon
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