[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Ceremonious quality; addiction to ceremonies; strict observance of formalities.
1583. Golding, Calvin on Deut. xlviii. 286. This consisteth not in bare ceremoniousnesse but it lyeth altogether in the heart.
1666. Pepys, Diary, 11 July. The Ceremoniousnesse of the King of Spayne.
1783. W. F. Martyn, Geog. Mag., II. 177. The general characteristics of the Hamburghers are complaisance, ceremoniousness, and frugality.
1843. Borrow, Bible in Spain, xlviii. (1872), 278. With much stiffness and ceremoniousness.
1884. Manch. Exam., 7 June, 4/6. The excessive ceremoniousness and warmth of the reception.
