pageantry

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pag=eant=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

pageantry, n. 

 Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.  [1913 Webster]
"Such pageantry be to the people shown."  [1913 Webster]
"The pageantry of festival."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pageantry, n. (pl. -ies)
1 elaborate or sumptuous show or display.
2 an instance of this.

THESAURUS

pageantry

blazon, bravura, brilliancy, ceremony, cosmorama, cyclorama, daring, dash, demonstration, diorama, display, dramatics, eclat, etalage, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, exposition, extravagance, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, georama, histrionics, light show, magnificence, manifestation, myriorama, pageant, panorama, parade, phantasmagoria, pomp, presentation, psychedelic show, representation, sham, shifting scene, show, showiness, showing-off, sight, spectacle, splash, splurge, stage show, staginess, tableau, tableau vivant, theatrics, vaunt

ROGET THESAURUS

pageantry

Ostentation

N ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity, dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity, pretense, pretensions, showing off, fuss, magnificence, splendor, coup d'oeil, grand doings, coup de theatre, stage effect, stage trick, claptrap, mise en scene, tour de force, chic, demonstration, flying colors, tomfoolery, flourish of trumpets, pageant, pageantry, spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession, turn out, set out, grand function, f=ete, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant, dress, court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress, tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage, ceremony, ceremonial, ritual, form, formality, etiquette, puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness, starched stateliness, stateliness, mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor, attitudinarian, fop, ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious, janty, jaunty, grand, pompous, palatial, high-sounding, turgid gairish, garish, gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip, flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering, gay, splendid, magnificent, sumptuous, theatrical, dramatic, spectacular, ceremonial, ritual, solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic, with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors, ad captandum vulgus, honores mutant mores.

Appearance

N appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.