ETYM Latin celebratio.
1. An occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event.
2. Any festival or other celebration; SYN. festivity.
3. The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; SYN. solemnization.
ETYM French cérémonie, Latin caerimonia; perh. akin to Eng. create and from a root signifying to do or make.
1. A formal event performed on a special occasion; SYN. ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance.
2. Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way.
3. The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion.
ETYM French parti and partie, from French partir to part, divide, Latin partire, partiri. Related to Part.
1. A band of people associated temporarily in some activity; SYN. company.
2. A group of people gathered together for pleasure.
3. A person involved in legal proceedings.
4. An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.
5. An organization to gain political power; SYN. political party.