Vocabulary
Ceremonial
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
relating to or used for formal religious or public events.
Urdu meaning
رسمی، رسومات کے ساتھ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The latter, though armed with ceremonial halberds and swords, could not prevent a Turk from shooting Pope John Paul II in St Peter`s Square in 1981.
- What makes the situation even more curious is the accompanying anecdote he shared about a top bureaucrat linked to a former PTI chief minister allegedly receiving Rs4 billion in `salami`ceremonial wedding gifts.
- In all likelihood, he saw it as a salute by the USAF just as the soldiers lined up either side of the red carpet to `present arms` salute with their ceremonial rifles.
- Right now, trainings are episodic, generic and mostly ceremonial.
- The role of chancellor/ CM should be ceremonial or reassigned to a non-political academicbody.
Synonyms
formal, official, state, public, ritual, ritualistic, prescribed, set, stately, courtly,
Antonyms
informal, unofficial
Curator example
“a ceremonial occasion”
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