PAGEANT

pageant, pageantry

(noun) an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

pageant, pageantry

(noun) a rich and spectacular ceremony

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pageant (plural pageants)

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

Synonym: spectacle

A spectacular ceremony.

Ellipsis of beauty pageant.

Synonyms: beauty contest, beauty pageant

(obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

Verb

pageant (third-person singular simple present pageants, present participle pageanting, simple past and past participle pageanted)

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Anagrams

• Napgate

Source: Wiktionary

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Pag"eant, n. Etym: [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book.]

1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly played." Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.

2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.

Pag"eant, a.

Definition: Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp." Dryden.

Pag"eant, v. t.

Definition: To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He pageants us." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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