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"ceremonial" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often formal (6 letters).
Definitions
Related to a formal ritual or ceremony.
Word origin
From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
Used in a sentence
“What mockery will it be / To want the bridegroom when the priest attends / To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!”
“[T]his change in ceremonial observances and outward show was trifling when compared to that in the objects of worship […]”
“Philomena Guinea's black Cadillac eased through the tight, five o'clock traffic like a ceremonial car.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ritual”10 letters
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