pageant

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"The Miss America pageant is a scholarship pageant," says Stam, a University of Indianapolis senior who will be vying for that storied crown in January after winning the Miss Indiana title on June 21.

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  1. noun An elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.
  2. noun A spectacular procession or celebration.
  3. noun Colorful showy display; pageantry or pomp.

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  • Registration the day of the pageant will be at 1 p.m. and will be $65 cash only. —  thetowntalk.com -
  • This pageant is a preliminary to the Sunburst state and international finals. —  The Facts: News
  • Even by 1984 standards, Palin's swimsuit for the Miss Alaska pageant was a bit modest. —  Stylelist Feeds
  • A major highlight of the pageant is the fire spirit dancer, dressed in a flowing red costume, who appears at the top of the stage to drive away the white-sheeted "glooms" from the base of the giant Zozobra. —  NewMexiKen
  • Swimsuit photos aside, the pageant is about more than a pretty face and she seems like good people as well. —  Vegas Pop Blog
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  1. Middle English pagin, pagent, moveable stage for a mystery play, mystery play, alteration of Medieval Latin pāgina, probably from Latin, page; see pag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English pagent, pagiant, pagiaunt, padgiant, paiande, payante, with excrescent -t; earlier pagen, pagyn, a scaffold, from Middle Latin pagina, a scaffold, a stage for public shows, from Latin pagina, a leaf, slab (Middle Latin also prob. plank): see page.
  2. from pageant, n.
 

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