Found 3 items, similar to Pageant.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: pageant
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pageant
pageant
n 1: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc;
usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn:
pageantry]
2: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn:
pageantry]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pageant
Pageant
\Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE.
pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage,
hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to
pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together,
structure. See
Pact,
Page of a book.]
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1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
“A pageant truly
played.” --Shak.
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To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser.
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2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show,
spectacle, or display.
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The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! --Pope.
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We love the man, the paltry pageant you. --Cowper.
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Pageant
\Pag"eant\, a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
“Pageant pomp.”
--Dryden.
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Pageant
\Pag"eant\, v. t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.]
“He
pageants us.” --Shak.
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