Ceremonious

Ceremonious shew was made, of sending a servant to the Inne, for not expecting Andreas presence at Supper, though no such matter was performed; but, after divers other discoursings, the table being covered, and variety of costly viands placed thereon, downe they sate to feeding, with plenty of curious Wines liberally walking about, so that it was darke night before they arose from the table.

The Decameron 2004

Ceremonious visiting is the machinery by which an acquaintance is kept up in a circle too large for social visiting; but every lady should try to make one or two informal calls each winter on intimate friends.

Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

_ Well, here's the House, which holds the Lovely Prize quiet and serene; here no noisie Footmen throng to tell the World, that Beauty dwells within; no Ceremonious Visit makes the Lover wait; no Rival to give my Heart a Pang; who wou'd not scale the Window at Midnight without fear of the Jealous Father's Pistol, rather than fill up the Train of a

The Busie Body Susanna Centlivre

Pedro IV, the Ceremonious, defeated the nobles at Epila (1348) and used his dagger to cut in pieces the charter they had extorted from his predecessors.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Tarragona granted to the bishops who had begun its resettlement, continued during the time of Alfonso II, who bestowed the city as a dowry on his wife, Doña Sancha, and of Pedro IV (the Ceremonious), who, after forcibly seizing the dominions of the archbishop, repented in his last illness and restored to St. Tecla, patroness of the city, all that he had unjustly acquired.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Calvillo the war between Pedro IV the Ceremonious (el Ceremonioso) and Pedro the Cruel of Castile took place.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Ceremonious manners were kept up during the first part of the meal, and Lisbeth did not forget to say "please" whenever it was proper.

Lisbeth Longfrock Hans Aanrud 1908

_ -- Ceremonious movements imitated, salutation, uncovering head (291).

The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869

Ceremonious calls are pretty short, depending of course upon the position and intimacy of the parties.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

Ceremonious politeness, an ironic and pedantic coldness, which testified to bold self-confidence, combined with a very hot temper, formed the chief characteristics of this personage and natures akin to his.

My Life — Volume 1 Richard Wagner 1848