An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]
A spectacular ceremony.
Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
He pageants us.
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).
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