ceremonialism

American  

[ser-uh-moh-nee-uhl-iz-uhm] / ˌsɛr əˈmoʊ ni əlˌɪz əm /

noun

1. prevalence of, adherence to, or emphasis on ceremony; formalism or ritualism.

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Example Sentences

Elaborate ceremonialism linked to “the order and rhythms of the cosmos” is evident in the “beautiful ritual objects, spectacular offerings of religious icons and regalia” found at the sites, the application said.

From Seattle Times

Dench is well supported - the cast includes the marvelous Eddie Izzard, the late Tim Pigott-Smith and the imperious Michael Gambon - and the pomp and highly choreographed English ceremonialism is captured beautifully by director Stephen Frears, who knows a thing or two about royalty, having directed Helen Mirren in “The Queen.”

From Washington Times

But the Greeks, even in the regard which they paid to auguries and oracles, were influenced, for the most part, by their lively imagination; while the Romans, from the earliest to the latest eras of their history, in all their relations to the supernatural world, adhered to a scrupulous and unimaginative ceremonialism.

From Project Gutenberg

From a practical, our ceremonialism is a training in self-conquest, while it links the generations, "bound each to each by natural piety," and unifies our atoms, dispersed to the four corners of the earth, as nothing else could.

From Project Gutenberg

Executing low stamping lunges on a diagonal, her arms extended with a martial ceremonialism, she exuded a banked fierceness.

From New York Times