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a society's way of insisting that a moment was real by performing it on purpose
means a formal, often ritualized set of actions performed to mark an important occasion or transition.
from From Latin caerimonia, meaning a sacred rite or religious awe — the dignity owed to the gods. It came into English through Old French in the medieval period. The deeper root is genuinely murky; ancient writers linked it to the town of Caere in Etruria, said to have preserved Roman rites during a crisis, but that's likely a folk story rather than the true source.
- word root
- likely from Latin caerimonia, meaning sacredness or awe
- brain effect
- rituals reduce anxiety even when known to be arbitrary
- universal trait
- every recorded human culture marks death with ceremony
- tea version
- Japanese chado can take years to formally master
- royal cost
- a coronation orb and scepter still anchor real monarchies