adjective. Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Characterized by ceremony.

adjective. In accord with prescribed or customary usage; rigidly formal.

Consisting of or relating to outward forms and rites; conformable to prescribed ceremony.

Full of ceremony or formality; marked by solemnity of manner or method.

According to prescribed or customary formalities or punctilios; characterized by more elaborate forms of politeness than are commonly used between intimate acquaintances; formal in manner or method: as, ceremonious phrases.

Observant of conventional forms; fond of using ceremony; punctilious as to outward observances and ceremonies.

Synonyms Ceremonious, Ceremonial, Formal. Ceremonious, full of ceremony, fond of ceremony; ceremonial, consisting in or having the nature of ceremony, or bearing upon ceremonies: as, ceremonious manners, persons; ceremonial law, rites, uncleanness. Formal differs from ceremonious in that a formal person tries too hard to conform to rule in his whole bearing as well as in his bearing toward others, while a ceremonious person magnifies too much the conventional rules of social intercourse; thus both are opposed to natural, formal to easy, and ceremonious to hearty or friendly.

adjective. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

adjective. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.

adjective. Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious

adjective. Characterized by rigid formality

adjective. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

adjective. rigidly formal or bound by convention

"Every married woman must perform here certain ceremonious ablutions at regular intervals."

formal  

ceremonial  complimentary  courtly  customary  decorous  

High-Church  attentive  baptismal  cap in hand  careful