Defn: To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuskript; to furnish with folios.
PAGEANT Pag"eant, n. Etym: [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book.]
1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly played." Shak. To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser.
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.
PAGEANT
Pag"eant, a.
Defn: Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp."
Dryden.
PAGEANT
Pag"eant, v. t.
Defn: To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He pageants us." Shak.
PAGEANTRY
Pag"eant*ry, n.
Defn: Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectivelly; spectacular
guality; splendor.
Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden.
The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds.