caerimonia

Meaning

1. (declension-1) religious ceremony, ritual
2. (declension-1) sacredness, sanctity
3. (declension-1) reverence, veneration, awe

Concepts

ceremony

ceremonial

observance

respect

reverence

veneration

awe

worshipfulness

Synonyms

caeremonia

veneratio

cultio

Translations

cérémonie

ceremonie

Höflichkeitsgeste

merasim

resmiyet

seremonî

ayîn

plechtigheid

dêlindêz

Zeremonie

Feierlichkeit

εθιμοτυπία

Förmlichkeit

rêûresm

plichtplegingen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kae̯.rɪˈmoː.ni.a]

Etymology

Uncertain.
* The word formally matches Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “action, deed; karma”), as if both were from Proto-Indo-European *kʷermon-, itself an abstract noun formed from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”).
* According to De Vaan, it's a derivation from the unattested adjective *caerus + -mōnia also found as the second part of the compound sincērus (“whole, sound”); however, if so, the expected outcome of the latter would be *sincīrus.
* Roman folk etymology held this word as coming from the name of the city of Caere.