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Look up: pageant

  1. Pageant
    A narrow beam projector type lantern once used in England.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. pageant
    [n] - a rich and spectacular ceremony 2. [n] - an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. pageant
    Originally the wagon on which medieval mystery plays were performed. The term was later applied to the street procession of songs, dances, and historical tableaux that became...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Pageant
    Pag'eant (păj' e nt or pā'j e nt; 277) noun [ Middle English pagent , pagen , originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, from Late Latin pagina , akin to pangere...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/3

  5. Pageant
    Pag'eant adjective Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. ' Pageant pomp.' Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/3

  6. Pageant
    Pag'eant transitive verb To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [ R.] 'He pageants us.' Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/3

  7. pageant
    1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. 'A pageant truly played.' '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 !...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. pageant
    pageantry noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. pageant
    pageantry noun a rich and spectacular ceremony
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Pageant
    • (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. • (n.) A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. • (a.) Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. • (v. t.) To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. pageant
    a large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession. In its earlier meanings the term denoted specifically a car or float designed for the ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/4

  12. pageant
    pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the movable stage on which one scene of a mystery or miracle play was performed. The pageant was built on wheels and con...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08372

  13. Pageant
    (magazine) `Pageant` was a 20th-century monthly magazine published in the United States from November 1944 until February 1977. Printed in a digest size format, it became Coronet magazine`s leading competition, although it aimed for comparison to Reader`s Digest. Pageant was fou...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pageant

  14. Pageant
    (song) "`Pageant`" is a single released by Moi dix Mois on January 5, 2005. This is the only release so far that does not have Mana on the cover. Track listing: # "Secret Longing" (SE) # "Pageant" # "Pageant" (Instrumental)
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pageant



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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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