ceremonialism
Devotion to rites
Ceremonialism is devotion to ceremony and formal ritual, especially in religious practice.
The term often carries a critical edge, suggesting excessive attention to outward forms at the expense of substance or genuine feeling: Critics accused the church of empty ceremonialism.
It can also describe any rigid adherence to formal procedures.
Elaborate ceremonial display
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- spectacleVisually striking event
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- fanfareCeremonial brass announcement
splendor · procession · majesty · ostentation · opulence · flourish · extravagance · display
Formal ceremonial acts
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
vestments · consecration · purification · initiation · sacrifice · altar · pilgrimage · procession
Act of honoring memory
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
remembrance · honoring · dedication · holiday · festival · celebration · gathering · assembly
Rules of polite conduct
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
precedence · rank · deportment · reception · state dinner · coronation · investiture · inauguration
Traditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- practicesRepeated training sessions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
conventions · mores · observances · rituals · legacy · ancestry · lineage · cultural practices
pageantry
Elaborate ceremonial display
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- spectacleVisually striking event
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
fanfare · splendor · procession · majesty · ostentation · opulence · flourish · extravagance · display · ornateness
rites
Formal ceremonial acts
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- incantationSpoken magical formula
chanting · vestments · consecration · purification · initiation · sacrifice · altar · pilgrimage · procession · mantra
commemoration
Act of honoring memory
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
jubilee · remembrance · honoring · dedication · holiday · festival · celebration · gathering · assembly · convocation
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- formalityStrict observance of convention
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
procedure · precedence · rank · deportment · reception · state dinner · coronation · investiture · inauguration · commencement
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
folklore · conventions · mores · observances · rituals · legacy · ancestry · lineage · cultural practices · ancestral rites
ceremonialisminformality
Relaxed, unofficial tone
casualness · simplicity · plainness · spontaneity · anti-ritualism
ceremonialismQuakerism
Religious Society of Friends
spiritualism · inwardness · mysticism · pietism · puritanism
ritual, ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonies, unceremonious, ceremonious, ritualistic, ritualism, ceremoniously