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MILITARY CEREMONY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does military ceremony mean? 

MILITARY CEREMONY (noun)
  The noun MILITARY CEREMONY has 2 senses:

1. a formal ceremony performed by military personnelplay

2. a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversaryplay

  Familiarity information: MILITARY CEREMONY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MILITARY CEREMONY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal ceremony performed by military personnel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("military ceremony" is a kind of...):

ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("military ceremony" is a kind of...):

ceremony (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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