Definition of "ceremonious" in English

adjective

1. According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.

2. Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.

3. Of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious.

4. Synonym of ceremonial (“of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony or rite”); formal, ritual.