ceremonial

In contrast, Boehner's leadership team filed into his ceremonial office and greeted the teary newly-elected Speaker with hugs.

“Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.

After all, it has been protecting popes for more than 500 years, and is often inaccurately portrayed as largely ceremonial.

In the absence of ceremonial formalities, Francis favored a business-like manner.

They practiced ceremonial cannibalism, believing the hearts of their victims would imbue them with power.

M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.

This impulse to extend rule appears more plainly in many of the little ceremonial observances of the child.

Nor was it merely the words of ceremonial which were of vital importance: other details must be attended to with equal exactness.

But the state of perfectibility could be reached only by religious ceremonial observances and devout contemplation.

The only form of marriage known to them was the stately religious ceremonial called, as will be explained hereafter, cnfarreti.