pageant
[noun]
Synonyms: show, display, parade, procession, spectacle, tableau

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pag‧eant /ˈpædʒənt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: pagina 'scene of a play', from Latin, 'page'; ⇒ page¹]

1. an organized public show, often performed outdoors, where people dress in decorated or unusual clothes:
a colourful pageant of Scotland’s past

2. American English a public competition for young women in which their appearance, and sometimes other qualities, are compared and judged Synonym : beauty contest

3. the pageant of something literary a series of historical events that are interesting and important:
the pageant of African history

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