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Plenary vs Ceremony - What's the difference?

plenary | ceremony |

As nouns the difference between plenary and ceremony

is that plenary is plenary session while ceremony is a ritual with religious significance.

As an adjective plenary

is fully attended; for everyone's attendance.

plenary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fully attended; for everyone's attendance.
  • (theology, or, legal) Complete; full; entire; absolute.
  • * I. Watts
    • A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full.

    Derived terms

    * plenary court * plenary session * plenary speaker * plenary talk

    Noun

    (plenaries)
  • plenary session
    • After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary .

    References

    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

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