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TEA CEREMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tea ceremony mean?
• TEA CEREMONY (noun)
The noun TEA CEREMONY has 1 sense:
1. an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
Familiarity information: TEA CEREMONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
chanoyu; tea ceremony
Hypernyms ("tea ceremony" is a kind of...):
ceremony (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
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