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Adjective: ceremonious  `se-ru'mow-nee-us
  1. Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
    - pompous
     
  2. Rigidly formal or bound by convention
    "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
    - conventional

See also: ceremoniously, ceremoniousness, ceremony, formal