ceremonial (adj.)
c. 1400, “belonging to (religious) ritual,” also as a noun, “a ceremonial practice,” from Late Latin caerimonialis “pertaining to ceremony,” from caerimonia (see ceremony). Related: Ceremonially.
Ceremonial means connected with or constituting or consisting of or fit for a ceremony (i.e. a piece of ritual or formality) or ceremonies …. Ceremonious means full of or resulting from ceremony i.e. attention to forms …. [Fowler]
ceremony (n.)
late 14c., cerymonye, “a religious observance, a solemn rite,” from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia “holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred ceremony,” an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome.
Introduced in English by Wycliffe. Also from late 14c. as “a conventional usage of politeness, formality.” The disparaging sense of “mere formality” is by 1550s.
ceremonious (adj.)
1550s, “relating to outward forms or rites,” also, of persons, “punctilious in matters of formality,” from French cérémonieux or directly from Late Latin caerimoniosus, from Latin caerimonia “reverent rite, sacred ceremony” (see ceremony). The meaning “full of show and ceremony” is from 1610s. Related: Ceremoniously; ceremoniousness.
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solemnity (n.)
c. 1300, solempnite, “religious rite; observance of ceremony, pomp, formality on important occasions,” from Old French solemnite, solempnete “celebration, high festival, church ceremony” and directly from Latin solemnitatem (nominative solemnitas) “a solemnity,” in Medieval Latin also sollempnitas, solennitas, from Latin sollemnis, sollempnis “established, religiously fixed; formal, ceremonial” (see solemn). The meaning “state of being solemn” is from 1712. Related: Solemnities.
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wedding (n.)
Old English weddung “state of being wed; pledge, betrothal; action of marrying,” verbal noun from wed (v.).
The meaning “nuptials, ceremony of marriage” is recorded from early 13c.; the usual Old English word for the ceremony was bridelope, literally “bridal run,” in reference to conducting the bride to her new home. Another old word was wife-thing (Old English wif-þing), with thing (n.) in the archaic sense of “meeting, assembly.”
Wedding ring is from late 14c.; wedding cake is recorded from 1640s; as a style of architecture from 1879. Wedding dress is attested from 1779; wedding reception from 1856.
coronation (n.)
“act or ceremony of investing (a sovereign) with a crown,” c. 1400, coronacioun, from Late Latin coronationem (nominative coronatio) “a crowning,” noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin coronare “to furnish with a crown,” from corona “crown, wreath” (see crown (n.)).
informal (adj.)
mid-15c., “lacking form; not in accordance with the rules of formal logic,” from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + formal (adj.). Meaning “irregular, unofficial, not according to rule or custom” is from c. 1600. Sense of “done without ceremony” is from 1828. Related: Informally.
presentment (n.)
c. 1300, “act of presenting,” from Old French presentement “presentation (of a person) at a ceremony” (12c.), from presenter (see present (v.)). From c. 1600 as “anything presented or exhibited.” In law, “statement by a grand jury of an offense without a bill of indictment” (mid-15c.).
graduation (n.)
early 15c., in alchemy, “a tempering, a refining of something to a certain degree; measurement according to the four degrees of a quality,” from graduate (n.). General sense of “a dividing into degrees” is from 1590s; meaning “action of receiving or giving an academic degree” is from early 15c.; in reference to the ceremony where a degree is given, from 1818.
dress (n.)
c. 1600, “a garment or assemblage of garments,” originally any clothing, especially that appropriate to rank or to some ceremony; the specific sense of “woman’s garment consisting of a skirt and waist” is recorded by 1630s, with overtones of “made not merely to clothe but to adorn.” Dress rehearsal first recorded 1828.
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