Pageantry

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpædÊ’É™ntɹi/

Full definition of pageantry

Noun

1. A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
• 1609: William Shakespeare, Pericles (V, ii)That you aptly will suppose
  What pageantry, what feats, what shows,
  What minstrelsy, and pretty din,
  The regent made in Mytilene
  To greet the king.
• 1849: Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversThe world seemed decked for some holiday or prouder pageantry, with silken streamers flying, ...