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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ceremonious/serəˈməʊniəs/

▶adjective relating or appropriate to grand formal occasions.

– derivatives
ceremoniously adverb,
ceremoniousness noun.

– origin C16: from Fr. cérémonieux or late L. caerimoniosus, from L. caerimonia (see ceremony).

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