Ceremonialise

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To carry out or perform an act in the manner of a formal ceremony
2. To conduct or execute an event with ceremonial significance or style
3. To ritualize an action by treating it as a formal or traditional ceremony

Etymology: "Ceremonialise" is a straightforward formation: it combines "ceremonial", the adjective meaning relating to or consisting of ceremony, with the suffix "-ise", the British spelling of the verbal ending that turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning "to make into, or treat as". Taken together, the word means to make an event into a ceremony, or to carry it out with ceremonial formality. "Ceremonial" itself traces back through Latin "caerimonialis" to "caerimonia", meaning sacred rite or religious observance, and it is from that adjective that the verb takes its sense of giving something formal, solemn dignity. The suffix "-ise" follows the same pattern as verbs such as "modernise" or "familiarise", so the word needs no special explanation beyond its parts.

Synonyms: formalize, celebrate

Antonyms: desecrate, ignore