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The expression, master of the ceremonies , is earliest found in 1662.
They possess neither a Vatican nor a Vicar-General to report to, and, although the guild can at times be arcane (with Latin charters and capping ceremonies), by and large its doings are overt and benign.
The NYT piece on the day keeps it light, but the WP story keeps hitting current geopolitics, mentioning that as the ceremonies were unfolding, "Saddam Hussein was again thumbing his nose at the United States," and quoting Clinton's reference from the podium to "the vigilance President Bush displayed in dealing with Iraq, [which] as we all know, is required again today."
(All facts from the delightful new, How To Be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies , Vol. 1 and 2.)
Granted, emcee is still more efficient than master of ceremonies , but the need for spelling out the sound of letters seems redundant, superfluous, and therefore useless.