court ceremonies
Throne room rituals
Court ceremonies are formal rituals and procedures conducted in royal or imperial settings—coronations, investitures, state receptions, and audiences with the monarch.
These elaborate protocols govern everything from how subjects approach the throne to the order of procession at banquets.
The term also applies to formal procedures in judicial courts, though this sense is less common: The court ceremonies required all to rise when the judge entered.
- knightingConferring knighthood formally
- noble titlesAristocratic rank designations
- order of precedenceFormal ranking of dignitaries
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- robeLong loose outer garment
coronation · oath-taking · orb · crown · bow · kissing the ring · dais · Qajar dynasty · proclamation · scepter · viziers · genuflection · bended knee · monarchy · regalia · throne · levee · curtsy
- Medieval Courtscourtiers, nobles, dukes, knights, royal households
- Ritesrites, ancestral rites, burial rites, mourning rites, wedding rites
- Heian JapanFujiwara, hiragana, waka, tanka, kana
- Japanese Courtcourtier, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, Fujiwara
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- Ottoman titlespasha, vizier, grand vizier, sultan, bey
court ceremoniesbackyard barbecues
house parties · hangouts · potlucks · coffee klatches · beer gardens
court ceremoniespub gatherings
Social events at bars
peasant life · street scenes · street fairs · village festivals · barn dances