pagent

Middle English

Alternative forms

pageant, pajant, pajont, pagyant, pagand, pagiaunt, pagende, pajande, pagiont, pageaunt

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“a written page, leaf, sheet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpad͡ʒɛn(t)/, /ˈpad͡ʒan(t)/

Noun

pagent (plural pagentes)

A mystery play.
A wheeled platform for plays.
(rare) An event, a scene.

Descendants

English: pageant

References

“pāǧent, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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