- A formal religious or public occasion or celebration - Church reverend gets crooked money for a service - Formal act or ritual - Pomp - Ritual - You might stand on it at a formal event - Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical
character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of
important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the
transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events;
as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in
consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.
- Formal permission - Formally allow - Give authority for - Grant permit to - Permit - Permit to speak sense after lie - Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act;
especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform
certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such
permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to
preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating
liquors.