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Ceremony vs Kingmaking - What's the difference?

ceremony | kingmaking |

As nouns the difference between ceremony and kingmaking

is that ceremony is a ritual with religious significance while kingmaking is the ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.

ceremony

English

(wikipedia ceremony)

Alternative forms

* (both archaic)

Noun

(ceremonies)
  • A ritual with religious significance.
  • An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
  • A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
  • (obsolete) An omen or portent.
  • * 1599 , , II. i. 197:
    • For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
  • * 1599 , , II. ii. 14:
    • Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.

    Derived terms

    * ceremonial * ceremonially * ceremonialness * ceremonious * ceremoniously * ceremoniousness * ramp ceremony

    External links

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    kingmaking

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.

    • Related terms

    * kingmaker