ritual
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈrɪtʃuəl/
:
rutina
- Lighting candles is a common ritual in many cultures to celebrate special occasions.
- routines and rituals
- a social ritual
There is a lack of ritual in our lives now.
- There is a lack of ritual in our lives now.
- And so it became a ritual for the Smith household.
- What are your rituals or routines preceding that?
- And you know, one of the rituals is just going to meetings, right?
- Create little rituals and traditions for your family.
- Create better habits, follow these rituals and do them consistently.
- He wanted people to follow the rituals so they would learn good character.
- But yeah, that's kind of his his ritual, his process.
- Now we often find rituals to be a bad thing.
- That's a language and a craft and a ritual that can be mastered.
Examples
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Our doomed surveyors are acting out the same ritual, this time in the name of science.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ferragosto committee members participated in the religious rituals marking the opening and closing of the festival.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a lack of ritual in our lives now.
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And you find one simple ritual to do every day for you.
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Make a ritual out of it, people will respect you.
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And so it became a ritual for the Smith household.
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Each maker has their own special ritual for creating a bag.
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Do you have any particular wind down routines or rituals at night?
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For gifted boys in particular, the adolescent ritual of pursuing the "Perfect 10" can be especially traumatic.
Academic text (1991) -
We went through all the rituals together, the blood pricking and the body poking.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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2.0
A custom or belief passed down in families and groups over time
∞
2.3
A regular way of doing something that repeats over time
901
2.5
A formal event that follows traditional rules for a special occasion
354
1.0
A regular way of doing things
148
1.3
A usual way of behaving in a society, often passed down from the past
124
6.3
A formal ceremony often held as part of a religious tradition
106
3.9
A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow
21
1.0
A usual order of things a person does every day
11
4.7
Following a law or custom
A regular way that a person behaves often without thinking
Compounds
1
5.6
Actions people or animals do to attract a partner before starting a relationship
- Offensive
1
9.7
An event where someone or an animal is put to death during a religious ceremony to please a god
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ritual comes from Latin ritus, meaning 'rite' or 'ceremony', and over time the idea of fixed, repeated actions moved from religious rites to everyday habits. So a morning or bedtime ritual is a regular set of actions you do the same way.