Sentence examples for ceremonial status from inspiring English sources
Opening day of the baseball season attained ceremonial status in 1910 when President William Howard Taft threw out the first pitch in Washington.
Under the previous president, Asif Ali Zardari, the post was returned to mostly ceremonial status after years of serving as the center of power under the military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
The prison door Reds at the ready Jörg Haider, Austria's (and Europe's) border guard Wretchedly oil-rich Azeris Odd couple Funny weather over France ReprintsSuch a move would, among other things, reduce Mr Havel's influence, which has been growing despite his largely ceremonial status.
The presidency is a largely ceremonial position.
This was the first ceremonial funeral (a status almost indistinguishable from a state one) for any Briton since the queen mother, in 2002, and of any commoner since Churchill.
But nearly a month later, the council's composition and its authority remain undefined, and many here consider it to be strictly advisory, with no more than ceremonial powers, a status that would leave many Sunnis feeling disenfranchised.
Other collectibles still being made in countries like Ivory Coast and Cameroon include knives, pottery and prestige objects -- hats, stools and other ceremonial items that convey status.
Moreover, livestock plays several roles in smallholder systems such as dowry payments, status, initiation, ceremonial purposes and also as living "savings" (Ouma et al. 2003).
Yopo, a batch of which can be cooked up from raw ingredients in any kitchen, is a hallucinogen that's snorted, and like many drugs that have held onto their status as "ceremonial herbs," yopo doesn't exactly make you want to listen to Dark Side of the Moon.
She received a letter in the mail one day, informing her of her shamrock status and a ceremonial shamrock hanging.
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England.
