caerimonia

caerimōnia (caere-) ae, f

1 CER-, a religious usage, sacred rite, religious ceremony : maximae: legationis caerimoniam polluere: ludos cum caerimoniā facere: caelestes, L.: eorum gravissima, Cs.: libri caerimoniarum, the ritual , Ta.— Meton., a holy dread, awe, reverence, veneration (expressed in forms): sacra summā caerimoniā conficere.— Sacredness, sanctity : legationis.