| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual: ceremonial, liturgy, observance, office, rite, ritual, service. See RITUAL. 2. Strict observance of social conventions: ceremoniousness, formality, protocol, punctiliousness. See COURTESY. 3. A conventional social gesture or act without intrinsic purpose: form, formality, ritual. See RITUAL, USUAL.
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