'ceremonial' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You could use it to describe a formal event or ritual, such as a wedding ceremony or a stately occasion. For example, "The ceremonial opening of the new shopping center was attended by the mayor and other important dignitaries."
The role of rotating AU chairman is largely ceremonial.
The monarch's role is largely ceremonial, since administrative power is vested in the prime minister and parliament.
The plans for the administrative capital of New Delhi were made by Edwin Lutyens, who saw to it that the eastern end of the ceremonial avenue (Kingsway then, Rajpath now) aligned with the Purana Qila.
The current relationship with police could be more collaborative, he said, particularly around entry on to sacred and ceremonial grounds.
As long as no one is in a position to tell me how to interpret it, or that I must believe in the literal truth of holy writ, then I like there to be an established church, a repository of a long-shared cultural heritage, with a ceremonial function, and a source of genuine belief for many people, of whom I am not one.
But, while the physical presentation was flawless, I felt a strange disproportion between the ceremonial grandeur of the occasion and the contentious politics of Thatcher herself.
As emperor his duties are largely ceremonial, consisting principally of state visits and apologising to other Asian countries for Japan's wartime conduct.
Last year's ban resulted in several days of rioting in north and east Belfast with dozens of police officers being injured by loyalist demonstrators who attacked them with petrol bombs, blast bombs, bricks, bottles and ceremonial swords.
Related: Turkey election 2015: ruling party loses majority as pro-Kurdish HDP gains – live Having easily cleared the 10% barrier, the opposition HDP is now in a position to scuttle President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to change the presidency from a ceremonial role to a much stronger executive position.
The Cosmos made the ceremonial signing at the 21 Club "because soccer was an immigrant-peasant game and not too many Americans would think too much about soccer," Toye said.
Erdoğan, a three-time prime minister who has wielded power since 2002, now faces the prospect of continuing in the largely ceremonial post of president, to which he was elected last year, while real executive power is in the hands of his protege Ahmet Davutoğlu, the current prime minister.
