Found 3 items, similar to pageant.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: pageant arak-arakan
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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. “A pageant truly played.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. [1913 Webster] The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! --Pope. [1913 Webster] We love the man, the paltry pageant you. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] Pageant \Pag"eant\, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. “Pageant pomp.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Pageant \Pag"eant\, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] “He pageants us.” --Shak. [1913 Webster]