Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paging (?).] To
mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with
folios.
Pag"eant (pj"ent or p"jent; 277), n. [OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a
movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL.
pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab,
compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure.
See Pact, Page of a book.]
1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. "A pageant truly played."
Shak.
To see sad pageants of men's miseries.
Spenser.
2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a
distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or
display.
The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day !
Pope.
We love the man, the paltry pageant you.
Cowper.
Pag"eant, a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. "Pageant pomp."
Dryden.
Pag"eant, v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [R.] "He
pageants us." Shak.
Pag"eant*ry (-r), n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively;
spectacular quality; splendor.
Such pageantry be to the people shown.
Dryden.
The pageantry of festival.
J. A. Symonds.
Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle.
Page"hood (?), n. The state of being a page.
||Pag"i*na (?), n.; pl. PaginÊ (#). [L.] (Bot.) The surface of a leaf
||or of a flattened thallus.
Pag"i*nal (?), a. [L. paginalis.] Consisting of pages. "Paginal books."
Sir T. Browne.
Pag`i*na"tion (?), n. The act or process of paging a book; also, the
characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.
Pa"ging (?), n. The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.
Pa"god (?), n. [Cf. F. pagode. See Pagoda.] 1. A pagoda. [R.] "Or some
queer pagod." Pope.