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MILITARY CEREMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does military ceremony mean?
• MILITARY CEREMONY (noun)
The noun MILITARY CEREMONY has 2 senses:
1. a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
2. a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary
Familiarity information: MILITARY CEREMONY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A formal ceremony performed by military personnel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("military ceremony" is a kind of...):
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("military ceremony" is a kind of...):
ceremony (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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