state ceremony
Government formal event
A state ceremony is a formal public event conducted by a government to mark occasions of national significance.
These include inaugurations, state funerals, coronations, and the reception of foreign dignitaries.
State ceremonies follow prescribed protocols and often feature military honors, official dress, and symbolic rituals: The president lay in state before the state ceremony at the Capitol.
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- sworn inFormally bound by oath
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
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- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- Capital Cityembassy, government district, presidential palace, royal palace, diplomatic corps
- royal guardsroyal guard, Beefeater, guardsman, Swiss Guard, Queen's Guard
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