ceremony (1 common Eliz. use; 2 peculiar to S.)
1.
external accessory or symbol of state
Meas. II. ii. 59
“No ceremony that to
great ones 'longs, Not the king's
crown,”
&c.,
H5 IV. i. 110
“his”
[the king's] “ceremonies laid by”; applied to festal
ornaments
Cæs. I. i. 69
“Disrobe the images If
you do find them deck'd with
ceremonies.”
2.
portent, omen
Cæs. II. i. 197
“dreams, and
ceremonies,”
II. ii. 13.
