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- DictionaryRit·u·al/ˈriCH(əw)əl/
noun
- 1. a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order: "the role of ritual in religion"
adjective
- 1. relating to or done as a religious or solemn rite: "ritual burial"
The meaning of RITUAL is of or relating to rites or a ritual : ceremonial. How to use ritual in a sentence. of or relating to rites or a ritual : ceremonial; according to religious law; done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol…
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way every time: Coffee and the newspaper are part of my morning ritual. The birds were performing a complex mating ritual. a fixed set of actions and words, especially as part of a religious ceremony: This part of the ceremony is nothing more than formal ritual.
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way every time: Coffee and the newspaper are part of my morning ritual. The birds were performing a complex mating ritual. a fixed set of actions and words, especially as part of a religious ceremony: This part of the ceremony is nothing more than formal ritual.
a prescribed or established rite, ceremony, proceeding, or service: the ritual of the dead. prescribed, established, or ceremonial acts or features collectively, as in religious services. any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
As an adjective, ritual means "conforming to religious rites," which are the sacred, customary ways of celebrating a religion or culture. Different communities have different ritual practices, like meditation in Buddhism, or baptism in Christianity. We also call the ceremony itself a ritual.
A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, but not defined, by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism, and performance.
an activity or a set of actions that are always done in the same way or at the same time, sometimes as part of a religion: Coffee and the paper are part of my morning ritual. ritualistic. adjective uk / ˌrɪtju ə lˈɪstɪk / us. done as a ritual. (Definition of ritual from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
