different between ceremonial vs customary
ceremonial
English
Alternative forms
- cæremonial (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerim?ni?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s????mo?ni?l/
- Hyphenation: cer?e?mo?ni?al
Adjective
ceremonial (comparative more ceremonial, superlative most ceremonial)
- Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony.
- Synonyms: formal, ritual, ritualistic
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act III, Scene 2,[1]
- What mockery will it be
- To want the bridegroom when the priest attends
- To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!
- 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 179, 3 December, 1751, Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 53,[2]
- His merit introduced him to splendid tables and elegant acquaintance, but he did not find himself always qualified to join in the conversation. He was distressed by civilities, which he knew not how to repay, and entangled in many ceremonial perplexities, from which his books and diagrams could not extricate him.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England, Paris: L. Baudry, Volume 1, Chapter 2, p. 116,[3]
- […] this change in ceremonial observances and outward show was trifling when compared to that in the objects of worship […]
- 1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, New York: Bantam, 1972, Chapter 15, p. 151,[4]
- Philomena Guinea’s black Cadillac eased through the tight, five o’clock traffic like a ceremonial car.
- (archaic) Observant of ceremony, ritual, or social forms.
- Synonym: ceremonious
- c. 1593, John Donne, “Satyre I” in Poems, London: John Marriot, 1633, p. 326,[5]
- Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan,
- Of refin’d manners, yet ceremoniall man,
- 1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, London: Jacob Tonson, “The Tenth Satyr,” lines 56-57, p. 193,[6]
- […] with dumb Pride, and a set formal Face,
- He moves, in the dull Ceremonial track,
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
ceremonial (countable and uncountable, plural ceremonials)
- A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 3, Book 17, Chapter 6, p. 257,[7]
- Curt’sies, and the usual Ceremonials between Women who are Strangers to each other being past, Sophia said, ‘I have not the Pleasure to know you, Madam.’
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Chapter 5,[8]
- Public ceremonies, such as ordinations, the installation of magistrates, and all that could give majesty to the forms in which a new government manifested itself to the people, were, as a matter of policy, marked by a stately and well-conducted ceremonial, and a sombre, but yet a studied magnificence.
- 1972, Robertson Davies, The Manticore, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2015, Chapter 5,[9]
- I have been in favour of ceremonial and patterns all my life, and I have no desire to break the funeral pattern.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 3, Book 17, Chapter 6, p. 257,[7]
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French cérémonial, from Latin caerimonialis.
Noun
ceremonial n (plural ceremoniale)
- ceremonial
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin caerim?ni?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?e?emo?njal/, [?e.?e.mo?njal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /se?emo?njal/, [se.?e.mo?njal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: ce?re?mo?nial
Adjective
ceremonial (plural ceremoniales)
- ceremonial
Related terms
- ceremonia
Further reading
- “ceremonial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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customary
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st?m(?)?i/
Noun
customary (plural customaries)
- A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
Translations
Adjective
customary (comparative more customary, superlative most customary)
- In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage
- Synonyms: conventional, habitual
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- Holding or held by custom
Synonyms
- wont
Derived terms
- customarily
Related terms
- consuetude
- costumal
- costume
- custom
- customer
- customization
- customize
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