ceremonious UK /sɛ.ɹɪˈməʊ.nɪ.əs/US /ˌsɛ.ɹəˈmoʊ.ni.əs/ adjective4 •According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.[L]et vs take a ceremonious leaue, / And louing farevvell of our seuerall friends. — 1595 •Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.O, the Sacrifice, / Hovv ceremonious, solemne, and vn-earthly / It vvas i'th' Offring? — 1610 •Synonym of ceremonial (“of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony or rite”); formal, ritual. •Of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious.His onely delight is building, he spends himselfe to get curious intricate models and plots, another is vvholly ceremonious about titles, degrees, inscriptions. — 1624 formsmore ceremonious · most ceremonious