ritual
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈrɪtʃuəl/
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ritual
- The kiss of peace was part of the ritual which expressed symbolically being in charity with your neighbors.
- ritual significance
- ritual expression
- ritual practice
Remember, the stage at the time is a place of ritual purification.
- Remember, the stage at the time is a place of ritual purification.
Examples
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And it's part of a ritual that I feel makes my workouts better.
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JOFA is a group that works to increase ritual, spiritual, and leadership opportunities for women within Jewish law.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, it's just a purely ritual act.
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Remember, the stage at the time is a place of ritual purification.
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The skills required for hunting and gathering carry crucial social and ritual significance.
Academic text (1992) -
The people have made the ritual gestures of sympathy.
Fiction book (1991) -
Ritual thanks for yams are offered annually, between late November and early January.
Academic text (1993) -
Now, bronze vessels are ceremonial objects often associated with temple offerings and other ritual occasions.
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As an indication of his total submission, Hassun makes the ritual pilgrimage to Mecca as required of every Muslim.
Academic text (1997) -
The dancer performed a ritual that has been passed down for generations during the ceremony.
Synonyms
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5.7
Formal and traditional in style, like events with set actions
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7.2
Done in the same fixed way for a ceremony or tradition
Compounds
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5.6
Actions people or animals do to attract a partner before starting a relationship
- Offensive
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9.7
An event where someone or an animal is put to death during a religious ceremony to please a god
How Ceremonial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ritual as an adjective comes from Latin ritus, 'rite' or 'ceremony', and it describes something that belongs to a ceremony. That's why we say a ritual meal or ritual garment for a special ceremony.