Definition of "pageantry"
pageantry
/ˈpæd͡ʒəntɹi/
noun
countable and uncountable, plural pageantries
A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.
Quotations
That you aptly will suppose / What pageantry, what feats, what shows, / What minstrelsy, and pretty din, / The regent made in Mytilene / To greet the king.
c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, [Act V, scene ii]