Definition of Ceremony

Noun: ceremony 'se-ru,mow-nee [N. Amer], se-ru-mu-nee [Brit]

A formal event performed on a special occasion
"a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor";
- ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
"the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
The proper or conventional behaviour on some solemn occasion
"an inaugural ceremony"