They're kind of just ceremonial, really.
The sum was ceremonial, and Rice was not actually paid a cent.
"Whereas people are putting colossal amounts of effort into creating these huge ceremonial structures that they don't actually live in.
There is still controversy over whether the Late Classic sites built by the lowland Maya were actually cities or whether they were relatively empty ceremonial centres staffed only by rulers and their entourages.
(They were actually white homing pigeons, a more reliable bird for ceremonial purposes).
These ceremonial embroideries in ornate imperial style were actually created far from the court, on a remote island of southern China.
Actually these items have no use as prayer rugs or any other ceremonial function, and controversy has existed among the Navajo about the appropriateness of including religious symbolism in items designed for commercial sale.
Though Patrick had actually signed the bill in his office in late November, Thursday's event was a ceremonial start-of-the-year one that drew an overflowing crowd from the local transgender community, local network WWLP is reporting.
You could make a case, actually, that Carpenter is the best Cardinals starting pitcher since Bob Gibson, who threw out one of the ceremonial first pitches before Game 1. Who would be the other candidates?
They add that several of Senator John McCain's lieutenants agreed that if it looked as if their candidate might actually win in November, they would have to discuss how to relegate Ms. Palin "to the largely ceremonial role that premodern vice presidents inhabited": "it was inconceivable" that "if McCain fell ill or died, the country be left in the hands of a President Palin".
