Beauty Definition–noun, plural -ties. | 1. | the quality present in a thing or perso
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n that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest). | | 2. | a beautiful person, esp. a woman. | | 3. | a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building. | | 4. | Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment. | | 5. | an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting. | | 6. | Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects. | | 7. | (usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty. | | 8. | something excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty. | |
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Pageant Definition–noun | 1. | an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats. | | 2. | a costumed procession, masque, allegorical tableau, or the like forming part of public or social festivities. | | 3. | a show or exhibition, esp. one consisting of a succession of participants or events: a beauty pageant. | | 4. | something comparable to a procession in colorful variety, splendor, or grandeur: the pageant of Renaissance history. | | 5. | a pretentious display or show that conceals a lack of real importance or meaning. | | 6. | (in medieval times) a platform or stage, usually moving on wheels, on which scenes from mystery plays were presented. | | 8. | Obsolete. a stage bearing any kind of spectacle. | |
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