ceremonial costumes

Formal occasion garments

Ceremonial costumes are special garments worn for rituals, formal occasions, or traditional observances.

They mark the wearer's role in religious rites, academic graduations, court proceedings, or cultural celebrations: The priests donned their ceremonial costumes for the festival.

Such clothing typically follows prescribed designs that carry symbolic meaning, distinguishing the occasion from everyday life.

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Categories
Opposites
formality and occasion

ceremonial costumeseveryday wear

Ordinary daily clothing

street clothes · work clothes · loungewear · plainclothes · athleisure

symbolic meaning

ceremonial costumesplain dress

Unembellished clothing style

workwear · uniforms

Family

costume, custom, ceremony, ceremonial

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G