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kiss of peace
(in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity. -
potlatch
(among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass. -
rite
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites. -
ritual
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite. -
academic costume
the ceremonial garb of the students and faculty in schools, colleges, and universities, consisting of a flat cap (mortarboard), a long, wide-sleeved gown, and sometimes a hood, worn especially at commencement exercises. -
ancile
a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend