Pageant

Definition of Pageant

Pag´eant   Pronunciation: păj´ent or pā´jent; 277
n.1.
1.A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
To see sad pageants of men's miseries.
- Spenser.
2.An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day!
- Pope.
We love the man, the paltry pageant you.
- Cowper.
a.1.Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
v. t.1.To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

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