• (a.) According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. • (a.) Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.] Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ceremonious/
Cer`e·mo'ni·ous adjective [ Confer French cérémonieux , Latin Caerimoniosus .] 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [ In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.] « The ceremonious part of His worship. South. » 2. A... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/47
carefully observant of ceremony; formally or elaborately polite: He greeted his rival with a ceremonious display of friendship. · pertaining to, marked by, or consisting of ceremony; formal: a ceremonious reception. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/ceremonious