Opera vs Ceremony - What's the difference?
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(lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
(lb) The score for such a work.
A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera , the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
A company dedicated to performing such works.
(lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
A collection of work (plural of opus).
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.
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Opera is a related term of ceremony.
As a noun ceremony is
a ritual with religious significance.opera
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(wikipedia opera)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* comic opera * grand opera * horse opera * oat opera * opera bouffe * opera comique * opera buffa * opera hat * opera house * opera seria * opera singer * opera slipper * soap opera * space operaSee also
* aria * ballet * masque * melodrama * musical comedy * recitative * singspiel *Anagrams
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(wikipedia ceremony)Alternative forms
* (both archaic)Noun
(ceremonies)- For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
- Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.
