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pageant

pag.eant \'paj-*nt\ n [ME pagyn, padgeant, lit., scene of a play, fr. ML 
   pagina, fr]. L, page 1a: a mere show : PRETENSE  1b: an ostentatious 
   display  2: SHOW, EXHIBITION; esp : an elaborate colorful exhibi tion or 
   spectacle often with music that consists of a series of tableaux, of a 
   loosely unified drama, or of a procession usu. with floats 3: PAGEANTRY