Pageant

Noun

 * 1) An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
 * 2) A spectacular ceremony.
 * 3) A beauty pageant.

Synonyms

 * spectacle
 * beauty pageant

Derived terms

 * pageantry
 * beauty pageant

Adjectives for Pageant
idle; dismal; unsubstantial; extensive; imposing; woeful; inspiring; melodious; martial; ostentatious;  magnificent;  doleful; colorful; insubstantial; crumbling; fond; warlike; motley; gleamy; proud.

Verbs for Pageant
acclaim—; applaud—; solemnize—; stage ——; view—; witness—; —colors; —commemorates; —delineates; —depicts; —glitters; —impresses; —portrays; —predicts; —signifies; —symbolizes; —traces; —wends.

Thesaurus
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, affair, antimasque, audience success, ballet, blazon, bomb, bravura, brilliancy, broadcast drama, burlesque show, ceremony, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, cosmorama, critical success, cyclorama, daring, dash, daytime serial, demonstration, dialogue, diorama, disguise, display, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatics, duodrama, duologue, eclat, epic theater, etalage, event, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, experimental theater, exposition, extravaganza, failure, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flop, flourish, formality, gala, gasser, georama, giveaway, grandeur, happening, histrionics, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, light show, manifestation, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, myriorama, mystery, mystery play, opera, pageantry, panel show, panorama, pantomime, parade, pastoral, pastoral drama, phantasmagoria, piece, play, playlet, pomp, presentation, pretentiousness, problem play, procession, psychedelic show, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, representation, review, revue, ritual, sensational play, serial, sham, shifting scene, show, showing-off, sight, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, splash, splurge, stage play, stage show, staginess, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, theater of cruelty, theatrics, total theater, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vaunt, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

Etymology
From pagina:. late 14c., "play in a cycle of mystery plays," perhaps from Latin pagina:.

Translations

 * French: Cortège
 * Japanese: 野外劇


 * Spanish: muestra


 * French: Spectacle


 * Spanish: espectáculo


 * Spanish: concurso de belleza