pageant

4 definitions • 4 examples

especially in the past, a competition in which young women and girls are judged on their beauty and other qualities:

a beauty pageant

a show, usually performed outside, that consists of people wearing traditional clothing and acting out historical events:

Our youngest son is taking part in the school pageant.

any colourful and impressive show or ceremony

a show, celebration, or parade (= a large number of people walking or marching together), esp. one in which people wear special clothing or act out events from the past:

the Miss Chinatown pageant

Our school held a Pageant of Great Women.