1. elaborate display or ceremony, especially one involving colorful costumes and formal rituals

Examples

• The royal wedding was filled with pageantry and tradition.
• The graduation ceremony lacked the pageantry of previous years.
• Medieval pageantry was recreated at the Renaissance fair.
• The parade featured all the pageantry of a major celebration.
• She was impressed by the pageantry of the military ceremony.
• The coronation displayed centuries of royal pageantry.