CEREMONIAL (ceremoniale), a book in which is prescribed the order of the ceremonies to be observed in certain actions and occasions of solemnity and pomp. The ceremonial of the Roman church is called ordo Romanus. It was published in 1516, by the Bishop of Corcyra; but the College of Cardinals were so scandalized at it, that some of them wished to have the author as well as his book burnt, for his temerity in exposing the sacred ceremonies to the eyes of profane people.