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Recent Examples of ceilidh
Apparently the best and prettiest dancer gets chosen, but the only thing Ellen really cares about is that Brian also makes his way into the ceilidh and winds up her temporary partner during the group dance.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Aug. 2025
Dancing The Irish Network hosts its annual ceili (dance) from 4 to 7pm Sunday at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The Scotland episode sandwiches the synagogue moment with Levy standing in an ornate castle doing Sean Connery impressions, visiting a tailor to custom-make a kilt, and at a ceilidh, dancing in a kilt and making jokes about the ventilation.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Make sure to grab a wee dram at The Malt Room, Inverness’ first whisky bar, followed by Hootananny, a ceilidh cafe for live traditional Scottish folk music (even Mumford and Sons have played here).
—Marisel Salazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
She’s a member of the Irish American Club and a traditional Irish ceilidh dancer.
—Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 29 Aug. 2025
Dancing The Irish Network hosts its annual ceili (dance) from 4 to 7pm Sunday at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The night concluded with a ceilidh hosted by Amber’s music school friends, the Haggis Chasers.
—Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
The Scotland episode sandwiches the synagogue moment with Levy standing in an ornate castle doing Sean Connery impressions, visiting a tailor to custom-make a kilt, and at a ceilidh, dancing in a kilt and making jokes about the ventilation.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
Make sure to grab a wee dram at The Malt Room, Inverness’ first whisky bar, followed by Hootananny, a ceilidh cafe for live traditional Scottish folk music (even Mumford and Sons have played here).
—Marisel Salazar, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
She’s a member of the Irish American Club and a traditional Irish ceilidh dancer.
—Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceilidh
Noun
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Only when her jam session turns into a brief karaoke moment, Bader’s Poppy is surprised to find Blyth’s Alex standing there watching her.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Batiste did so with such skill, joy and verve, his playing at times suggested a heady jam session by Keith Jarrett, Fats Waller, Yuja Wang and Allen Toussaint.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The festival featured the Little Sugar Mountain Bike Race Sunday and is set to continue through this Sunday, including the Big Sugar Gravel Race and Gravel Rave after-party Saturday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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The festival takes him back to his early months in Germany, when every day brought new experiences.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His seventh-inning shot settled in the left-center bleachers and crushed the Brewers, who had finally chased him from the mound by getting two runners on in the top of the inning, only to go scoreless anyway when reliever Alex Vesia escaped the jam.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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For the first time in the National League Championship Series, a Dodgers starter had to deal with … a jam.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The church annually has a songfest following Dec. 25, which actually begins the Christmas season, but this one will honor the Rev. Wally Hyclak, who is retiring Jan. 1.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Dec. 2019
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The songfest began with the women introducing themselves by singing out their names.—
Dennis Hohenberger,
Courant Community,
29 May 2018
Noun
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Last spring, Sweetwater turned over its stage for a recital by the nonprofit Enriching Lives Through Music (ELM), a music education program for underserved youth in San Rafael’s mostly Latino Canal neighborhood.—
Paul Liberatore,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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At three people died earlier this month when a building hosting a prayer recital collapsed in West Java.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ceilidh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceilidh. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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