pageantry

noun, plural pag·eant·ries.

1. spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
2. mere show; empty display.
3. pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants.

noun plural -ries

1. spectacular display or ceremony
2. archaic pageants collectively

n.“splendid display,” 1650s; see pageant + -ry.