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The ceremonious part of His worship.

South.

2. According to prescribed or customary
rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally
respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases."
Addison.

Too ceremonious and traditional.

Shak.

Syn. -- Formal; precise; exact. See Formal.

Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. In a
ceremonious way.

Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. The
quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

Cer"e*mo*ny (?), n.; pl.
Ceremonies (#). [F.
cérémonie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin
to E. create and from a root signifying to do or
make.] 1. Ar act or series of acts,
often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or
authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the
performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of
state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the
ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies
observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal
ceremonies.

According to all the rites of it, and according to
all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the
Passover].


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