† cereˈmoniate, v. Obs.
[f. ceremony + -ate3; perh. after L. cæremōniāri, -ātus, to treat with ceremony, worship.]
trans. To celebrate with a ceremony; to observe as a ceremony.
| 1654 L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 2 To ceremoniate his dismission agreeable to his reception. Ibid. 20 Ceremoniated as it [Coronation] is, with such formalities, it representeth itself a serious vanity. 1659 ― Alliance Div. Off. 451 The rites wherewith they are ceremoniated. |