From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\, a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp."
--Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\, v. t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He pageants
us." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pageant \Pag"eant\ (p[a^]j"ent or p[=a]"jent; 277), n. [OE.
pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage,
hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to
pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together,
structure. See {Pact}, {Page} of a book.]
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1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly
played." --Shak.
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To see sad pageants of men's miseries. --Spenser.
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2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show,
spectacle, or display.
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The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! --Pope.
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We love the man, the paltry pageant you. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pageant
n 1: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc;
usually involves a parade with rich costumes [syn:
{pageant}, {pageantry}]
2: a rich and spectacular ceremony [syn: {pageant}, {pageantry}]
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