pageant

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈpæd͡ʒənt//

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

noun

1
An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]
The artists who painted these murals brought the pageant of America vividly to life. Everyone knew that the construction of this pageant, and the celebration of America that it implied, was the work of the New Deal.
2
A spectacular ceremony.
3
obsoleteA wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.
4
Variant of beauty pageantEllipsis of beauty pageant.

Etymology

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).

verb

1
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
He pageants us.

Forms

plural: pageants
past tense: pageanted
past participle: pageanted
present participle: pageanting
third person singular: pageants

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pageant · An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

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