pageant

Meaning

Noun

1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
2. A spectacular ceremony.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
4. (obsolete) A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

Verb

To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Synonyms

pageantry

show

cortege

exhibition

festival

pomp

pretence

pretense

procession

scene

tableau

tableau vivant

gratifying spectacle

carnival

pleasant sight

cavalcade

Translations

cabalgata

nümayiş

Pomp

vertoning

alay

gösteri

spectacle

parade

parata

praal

espectáculo

préstito

debdebe

επίδειξη

tören

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pagent

In summary

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”).