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If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
Sophie Kerr

Meaning of "pageantry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PAGEANTRY

pageantry  [ˈpædʒəntrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAGEANTRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pageantry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAGEANTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pageantry in the English dictionary

The definition of pageantry in the dictionary is spectacular display or ceremony. Other definition of pageantry is pageants collectively.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAGEANTRY


agentry
ˈeɪdʒəntrɪ
ancientry
ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
Daventry
ˈdævəntrɪ
dysentery
ˈdɪsəntrɪ
errantry
ˈɛrəntrɪ
gallantry
ˈɡæləntrɪ
giantry
ˈdʒaɪəntrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
lieutenantry
lɛfˈtɛnəntrɪ
merchantry
ˈmɜːtʃəntrɪ
peasantry
ˈpɛzəntrɪ
pedantry
ˈpɛdəntrɪ
pheasantry
ˈfezəntrɪ
pleasantry
ˈplɛzəntrɪ
serjeantry
ˈsɑːdʒəntrɪ
studentry
ˈstuːdəntrɪ
tenantry
ˈtɛnəntrɪ
truantry
ˈtruːəntrɪ
unpleasantry
ʌnˈplɛzəntrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAGEANTRY

page
page break
page design
page proofs
page three
page-three
page-turner
pageant
pageantries
pageboy
pageful
pagehood
pager
pager message
Paget´s cancer
Paget´s disease
pageview
paginal
paginate

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAGEANTRY

butler´s pantry
carpentry
chantry
country
cross-country
entry
gantry
gentry
go to the country
home country
knight errantry
light infantry
pantry
sentry
servantry
sycophantry
the Black Country
the country
the North Country
the West Country

Synonyms and antonyms of pageantry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PAGEANTRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pageantry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pageantry

Translation of «pageantry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAGEANTRY

Find out the translation of pageantry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pageantry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pageantry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

壮观
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

boato
570 millions of speakers

English

pageantry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أبهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зрелища
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fausto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাড়ম্বর দৃশ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apparat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pageantry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prunk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

式典
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pageantry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quang cảnh lộng lây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதனுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भपका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geçit alayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spettacolo sfarzoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

widowiskowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

видовища
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spectacol public grandios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαντασμαγορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

praal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ståt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overdådighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pageantry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAGEANTRY»

The term «pageantry» is regularly used and occupies the 71.073 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pageantry
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «pageantry».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAGEANTRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pageantry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pageantry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pageantry

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6 QUOTES WITH «PAGEANTRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pageantry.
1
Bryan Batt
My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance maven in New Orleans. It was just the theatricality and the Mardi Gras and the pageantry that I fell in love with at an early age.
2
H. G. Bissinger
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
3
Hamish Bowles
What an electric thrill it sends up and down the spine, how it sets the heart racing: A Royal Romance! A Royal Wedding! The pomp and the pageantry!
4
Caleb Deschanel
Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
5
Sophie Kerr
If peace only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
6
John Philip Sousa
The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAGEANTRY»

Discover the use of pageantry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pageantry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Historical Pageantry: The Uses of Tradition in the ...
David Glassberg explores these important questions by examining the pageantry craze of the At its peak, between 1910 and 1917, pageantry blended elements of the historical oration and the carnival parade and served as a vehicle for local ...
David Glassberg, 1990
2
Pageantry in the Shakespearean Theater
Ranging across Shakespeare's canon and including the work of his fellow playwrights, this collection of twelve essays considers tournaments, royal entries, Lord Mayor's Shows, funeral processions progress entertainments, court masques, and ...
David M. Bergeron, 2011
3
Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England
Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and authority.
Peter R. Coss, Maurice Hugh Keen, 2002
4
English Civic Pageantry, 1558-1642
"This revised book seeks to call renewed and vigorous attention to this sometimes marginalized dramatic form by insisting that civic pageants constituted a major part of cultural and theatrical life in early modern England.
David Moore Bergeron, 2003
5
Queen of the Virgins: Pageantry and Black Womanhood in the ...
Queen of the Virgins examines the journey of the black woman from degraded body to vaunted queen and how this progression is marked by social unrest, growing middle-class sensibilities, and contemporary sexual and gender politics.
M. Cynthia Oliver, 2003
6
Splendid Monarchy: Power and Pageantry in Modern Japan
Using ceremonials such as imperial weddings and funerals as models, T. Fujitani illustrates what visual symbols and rituals reveal about monarchy, nationalism, city planning, discipline, gender, memory, and modernity.
Takashi Fujitani, 1996
7
From Serra to Sancho : Music and Pageantry in the California ...
This book explores the exquisite sacred music that flourished on the West Coast of America when it was under Spanish and Mexican rule; it delves into the historical, cultural, biographical, and stylistic aspects of California mission music ...
Craig H Russell Professor California Polytechnic State University, 2009
8
The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantry
No other woman in world history has been of such compulsive interest as Elizabeth Tudor.
Roy C. Strong, 1977
9
Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and ...
Karen Tice examines the desires and racial and political agendas that propel students onto collegiate catwalks.
Karen W. Tice, 2012
10
Myths America: A Practical Guide to Pageantry (Second ...
A behind-the-scenes look at the Miss America Pageant and what it takes to compete.
Hollie Domiano, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAGEANTRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pageantry is used in the context of the following news items.
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The road to pageantry is full of twists and turns for one St. Augustine …
Katheryn Ruiz walks through her living room as if it were a runway. Vicki Rianda watches intently. “Not like a tight tightrope, more relaxed,” ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
2
CARIBBEAT: 'Invest Caribbean Now!' September investment …
Vendors and their patrons are preparing for the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade – known for its pageantry, cos tumes and music ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
3
What if the 2016 GOP convention in Cleveland were to reflect 1896 …
... prayer — not by the kind of popular televangelists who have become mainstays of political pageantry, but rather, instead, by an urban rabbi? «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
4
SportsCenter shines spotlight on Saratoga
It'll put our talent in the best possible light and actually showcase the beauty and pageantry of what I think this place displays,'” Whyley said. «The Saratogian, Jul 15»
5
Cirque du Soleil's sparkling 'Varekai' now at EagleBank Arena
From those athletic Russians to the most dazzling baton twirler-jugglers you've ever seen, the color and the pageantry of “Varekai” is an easily ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
6
Disney descends on Victoria
In the most high-profile scene shot here, locals gave Descendants the royal treatment amid much pageantry outside the legislature, which ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
7
How Trump spent the war years
"They created glamour, and the pageantry, the elegance, the joy they brought to what they did was magnificent." McCain grew up in a military ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
8
First-time at pageant, teen advances to Hollywood
As the weekend unfolded, Wooge was put at ease by supportive competitors and new friends, some of whom started in pageantry at a young ... «Ottawaherald.com, Jul 15»
9
Pageantry of Swan Upping
The pageantry remains, though. The Queen's Swan Marker, David Barber, and the other Swan Uppers work from traditional skiffs flying heraldic ... «Malton and Pickering Mercury, Jul 15»
10
Hoping to make a difference, Elizabeth resident competes in …
"It was kind of baby steps, literally," Harris said of how she began her pageantry career. On Friday, the Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pageantry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pageantry>. Apr 2024 ».
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