Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tea_ceremony

1 sense of tea ceremony

Sense 1
tea ceremony, chanoyu -- (an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea)
       => ceremony -- (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony")