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pageant (p<acr/j"<eit/nt <it>or</it> p<amac/"j<eit/nt; 277), n. [OE. pagen
| pageant | (p<acr/j"<eit/nt <it>or</it> p<amac/"j<eit/nt; 277), n. [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.]
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A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. A pageant truly played. Shak.
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-To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.
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An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.
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-The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! Pope.
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-We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.
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| pageant | , a.
Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. Pageant pomp. Dryden.
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| pageant | , v. t.
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] He pageants us. Shak.
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