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1
a staged presentation often with music that consists of a procession of narrated or enacted scenes
- we always put on a Christmas pageant every year
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an elaborate, visually exciting show or event
- an annual summertime pageant depicting the town's founding and colorful early history
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The first known use of pageant was in the 14th century
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