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Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.

Quality of being ceremonial.

Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.

In a ceremonious way.

The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

ies, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. N…

Waxen; like wax. [Obs.] Gayton.

The first discovered asteroid.

A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili.

A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

One who chaffers; a bargainer.

Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.

One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

An enchantress. Chaucer.

ing, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter. The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey. The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.

One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.

A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.