Meaning of "ceremony"

ceremony •

n.
• • 1. formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual or custom: seremonya
  • 2. a rite, observance: pagdiriwang
  • 3. very polite conduct: pamimitagan

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informal

adj.
• • 1. not formal, without ceremony: impormal, hindi (di, di-) pormal, walang pormalidad
  • 2. as used in common talk: tayu-tayo, atin-atin

service

n.
• • 1. helpful act or acts, aid, being useful to others: serbisyo, paglilingkod, tulong, pagtulong
  • 2. performance of duties: paglilingkod
  • 3. advantage, benefit, use: pakinabang, kapakinabangan, buti, kabutihan
  • 4. religious meeting, religious ceremony: kulto
  • 5. the manner of serving food: serbisyo, pagsisilbi (ng pagkain)
  • 6. the food served: pagkain
  • 7. act or manner of putting a ball in play: serb, pagserb

v.
• • 1. to make fit for service: gumawa, gawin, magkumpuni, kumumpuni, kumpunihin
  • 2. at ones service, ready to do what one wants: nakalaan (nakahanda) sa paglilingkod
  • 3. of service, helpful or useful: nakatutulong, nakabubuti, mahalaga
  • 4. "the service" often means the army or navy: hukbong sandatahan
  • 5. the Civil Service: Serbisyo Sibil

inaugurate

v.
• • to install in office with a ceremony: magtalaga sa tungkulin, pasinayaan

funeral

n.
• • 1. the ceremony of burying the dead: libing, paglilibing
  • 2. to go to a funeral: makipaglibing, sumama sa libing

marriage

n.
• • 1. the ceremony of marriage: pagkakasal
  • 2. a wedding: kasal, kasalan
  • 3. living together as husband and wife, married life: buhay may asawa, pag-sasamang mag-asawa