formal ceremony in English
official rite or observance, stately observance
Use "formal ceremony" in a sentence
1. Not for him was the formal ceremony of admission, with its conditional baptism and its awesome recital of categorical promises.
2. 20 Not for him was the formal ceremony of admission, with its conditional baptism and its awesome recital of categorical promises.
3. Kŏn'və-kā'shən The definition of a Convocation is a formal gathering of people who have been asked to come together, or a formal ceremony at a college or university where awards are given.
4. Guard mounting, Changing the guard, or the Changing of the guard, is a formal ceremony in which sentries performing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries