Concept

Ceremony

Overview

A ceremony (UK: , US: ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.

The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin caerimonia.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Ceremony

• Uriel da Costa

Related ideas

• Ritual
• Atheism
• Joseph Campbell
• Monarch
• Alain de Botton
• Spirituality
• Baptism
• Dance
• Initiation

Opposing perspectives

• Organized religion

Place in the tradition

Part of Philosophy of war.

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