Pageant /(păj"ent [or] pā"jent; 277)/

Pag·eant

Pageant

n.
  1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
    To see sad pageants of men's miseries.
  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!
    We love the man, the paltry pageant you.

Pageant

a.
  1. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.

Pageant

v. t.
  1. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.]