pageant
Pronunciation: /ˈpadʒ(ə)nt/
noun
- 1a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene: they brought the history books to life at the town’s pageant figurative the pageant of public life
- something regarded as a series of interesting and varied events: it’s all part of life’s rich pageant
- historical a scene erected on a fixed stage or moving vehicle as a public show.
Origin:
late Middle English pagyn, of unknown origin
Spelling help
The ending of pageant is spelled -eant.