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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Pageant

/(păj"ent [or] pā"jent; 277)/ · Pag·eant · IPA /ˈpæd͡ʒənt/
01 n. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
  1. 1.
    A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
    “To see sad pageants of men's miseries.” — Spenser.
  2. 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!” — Pope.
    “We love the man, the paltry pageant you.” — Cowper.
02 a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
  1. 1.
    Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
03 v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
  1. 1.
    To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.[R.]