the pageant of something• In the nineteenth century this leisurely view of the pageant of time began to speed up.
Examples from the Corpus
pageant• Their coming was unheralded by any pomp and pageant whatever...• Parents came to see their children in the annual Christmas pageant.• And all our actors have taken themselves off and deserted our little pageant, see?• He was representing the former Lords of the Manor at the pageant.• From inside, they heard the pageantrolled over on its back.• The latter group -- of which there are 288 this year -- must apply to participate in the pageant by January.• In the nineteenth century this leisurely view of the pageant of time began to speed up.• The pageant of Africanhistory is so rich and various.• Does a small-townpageant sound like comedymaterial?
Originpageant
(1300-1400)Medieval Latinpagina“scene of a play”, from Latin, “page”; → PAGE1