0 an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval: --
1 a public event or show that is exciting to watch: --
The television show was mere spectacle (= had an exciting appearance, but little value).
The carnival was a magnificent spectacle.
2 glasses: --
steel-rimmed spectacles
a pair of spectacles
4 an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention: --
5 a large public event or show: --
The fireworks were a magnificent spectacle.
Such spectacles were not likely to encourage an educated view of the treasures displayed.
The ending of the monopoly of solicitors over house sales conveyancing and of opticians over the sale of spectacles has already been noted.
Four firms were studied: an electroplating plant; a rubber-extruding factory; a firm making optical lenses for spectacles; and a machine-tool maker.
As such, the spatializing and performative rhetorical acts such as state ceremonies, urban spectacles, sacrificial rituals and royal hunts must be included in this definition.
A metal bolt was fixed to the skull just above the beak to allow attachment of spectacles with filter glasses needed for stereoscopic stimulation.
Folk dances were the main spectacles that smaller towns could offer to royal visitors, and these were integrated into more elaborate civic pageantry as well.
There were many spectacles during the nineteenth century, feeding a public appetite for the latest thrilling news, whether polar or not.
The spectacles, like the baby, just won't stay still.
