Noun
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAmid a slaughterhouse, he had embodied chivalry, clinging to the pageantry of a long-gone warrior. Source: Internet
All of the Negroes were attracted by the pageantry and excitement of the army. Source: Internet
Among his early assignments: service as a neophyte church architect and as a designer-impresario of court and public pageantry for the ducal court in Milan. Source: Internet
In the town of Kenmare, the place where I grew up, the Catholic church provided an abundance of rituals and pageantry at a time – back in the 1950s and 1960s – when most people had to settle for a very humdrum existence. Source: Internet
Harvey 1976, p. 15. Richard Barber suggests that the name's origins may have lain in pageantry, in that a tradition may have grown up in the 15th century of representing the prince in black armour. Source: Internet
WHEN it came to pageantry, colour and ceremonial grandeur, the loyal traditionalists and culture-rich people of the Italian village of Verrès knew they could Count on a Killarney resident – quite literally. Source: Internet