Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Pageantry
pageantry, n. [see pageant, n.] (webplay: flags, pompous, triumph).
- Show; spectacle; ceremony; solemnity; pomp; ostentatiousness; fanfare.
- Row of regal flags; procession of triumphant banners; [fig.] bed of flowers; exhibition of brightly colored blooms.
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