Category:Pageant

Pag"eant, n. Etym: [oe. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold Or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. Ll. pagina, akin to Pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to Join together, compages a joining together, structure. See pact, page Of a book.]

1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "a pageant truly played." Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.

2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a Distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or Display. The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.

Pageant Pag"eant, a.

Defn: of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "pageant pomp." Dryden.

Pageant Pag"eant, v. t.

Defn: to exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [r.] "he pageants Us." Shak.