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Spectacle dressed in its Sunday best, hoping you forget the budget meeting.
means Elaborate, ceremonial display designed to dazzle — costumes, processions, and pomp staged for maximum impression.
from From medieval Latin pagina, the wheeled stage that rolled mystery plays through town; the show became the word, and the word became the show.
Royal habitCoronations are pageantry's longest-running, most expensive performance.
Etymology twistOriginally meant a movable theatrical platform, not the parade.
CousinsShares DNA with pomp, spectacle, and ceremony.