This is a ceremonial disk.

The Sergeant at Arms also carries the ceremonial mace, a symbol of the authority of the Crown and of the House of Commons, into the House each sitting.

The castle remains an important ceremonial location.

Each match is preceded by an elaborate ceremonial ritual.

The following day, they formally entered London in a ceremonial procession.

These games were played as part of ceremonial ritual, a kind of symbolic warfare, to give thanks to the Creator or Master.

Compare in this context the function of the ceremonial mace, the sceptre, and the staff of office.

The oyabun kobun relationship is formalized by ceremonial sharing of sake from a single cup.

The King's role has been largely ceremonial since changes to the constitution in 1994, picking ministers and members of the upper house.

During the final century of Merovingian rule, the kings were increasingly pushed into a ceremonial role.

It is the ceremonial centre of imperial power, and the largest surviving wooden structure in China.

Blackgang Chine is arguably the oldest theme park in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world.

Sara Rosario addressing those present at the Pierre de Coubertin gala hall, where the ceremony took place.

Rarely, the reverse design may differ, in whole or in part, from that of the obverse.

Bristol () is a city, unitary authority and county in South West England with an estimated population of 437,500 in 2014.

The mountain now known as El Cerrito was a ceremonial center, but was later abandoned for unknown reasons.

Between 1993 and 1994, Schwarzenegger was a Red Cross ambassador (a ceremonial role fulfilled by celebrities), recording several television radio public service announcements to donate blood.

The chancellor, usually a former governor general, lieutenant governor, premier or diplomat, is the ceremonial head of the university.

Authorities from the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism denied them access, arguing that the area of ceremonies was cut off for the stage show.

Its role is largely ceremonial, and includes granting the royal assent and approving the monarch's activities as head of state.

Generally, in modern language, wands are ceremonial and or have associations with magic but there have been other uses, all stemming from the original meaning as a synonym of rod and virge, both of which had a similar development.

Until 1832, the parish of Fermentelos was governed by noblemen under the auspicious of the Foreign Judge , a ceremonial title holder that administered various lands owned by the monarch.

Although formal hieroglyphs were used in a ceremonial role until the fourth century, towards the end only a small handful of priests could still read them.

It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years.

Some common sources of inspiration include such diverse areas as science fiction, scientific theories, traditional ceremonial magic, neoshamanism, Eastern philosophy, world religions, and individual experimentation.

Knossos or Cnossos ( also Knossus or Cnossus , ), is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and is considered Europe's oldest city.

The namesake University Avenue is a ceremonial boulevard and arterial thoroughfare that runs through downtown between Queen's Park and Front Street.

This axis extends to the south through Tiananmen gate to Tiananmen Square, the ceremonial centre of the People's Republic of China, and on to Yongdingmen.

No, it's not true that they're kept in the darkness for 18 years, but they are kept within the confines of the ceremonial men's circle for 18 years.

Different branches have varied functions, including performing ceremonial duties patrolling borders mounting guard at government buildings and assisting police in major criminal cases.

In front of the Speaker's Chair is the Table of the House, at which the clerks sit, and on which is placed the Commons' ceremonial mace.

It is a ceremonial pouring vessel made around 1700 for a Swedish Count, and it is very likely the object from which Hammett drew his inspiration for the Maltese Falcon.

Scholarly Latin would rapidly fall into disuse among the educated classes although the language would continue to be at least a ceremonial part of the Empire's culture for some time.

Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace.

The race finished on the edge of Paris at Ville d'Avray, outside the Restaurant du Père Auto, before a ceremonial ride into Paris and several laps of the Parc des Princes.

Guided by his brother Motibau, at the age of 15, he chose to have a painted wooden lip plate (called botoque by the warriors of his tribe) placed under the lower lip.

Neither of these courses has ever been taken, likely because the President is an unobtrusive and largely ceremonial figurehead who, having little power, is hardly in a position to abuse it.

Upon settling into the imperial palace, the Paço de São Cristóvão, and perceiving what she considered an inadequate standard of protocol, Amélie established French as the court language and adopted a ceremonial modeled after European courts.

Upon his death while in office in November 1952 and at the urging of Ezriel Carlebach, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion offered Einstein the position of President of Israel, a mostly ceremonial post.

Underneath this ceremonial role, he was really modest and really introverted so much so that when he delivered these sermons, he had trouble making eye contact with the very same congregation that he had been speaking to for 62 years.

Initially they showed a convincing victory for 'Yes' in a vote on granting vast new powers to the previously ceremonial office currently occupied by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Begun during the rule of Darius the Great (Darius I) and completed some 100 years later, Persepolis was a symbol of the empire serving both as a ceremonial centre and a center of government.

The Mall, a ceremonial approach route to the palace, was designed by Sir Aston Webb and completed in 1911 as part of a grand memorial to Queen Victoria.

On stage, non indigenous peoples were wearing indigenous clothes in a folklore show while non indigenous attendees from the Guatemalan elites were in the most important ceremonial Mayan center, Tikal, waiting for the new era to arrive.

This used to be the most powerful political position in Oslo, but following the implementation of parliamentarism, the Mayor has had more of a ceremonial role, similar to that of the President of the Storting at the national level.