ritual
IPA: rˈɪtʃuʌɫ
noun
- A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
adjective
- Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
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Examples of "ritual" in Sentences
- He knows the name of the ritual.
- The Eucharist is ritual cannibalism.
- Even the toasts are part of the ritual.
- He considered the riddle as the ritual.
- Treatment of a ritually abused preschooler.
- A ritual is the habitual performance of some action.
- Celibacy was not required, and the rituals of the school are unique.
- An example of a ceremony was the ritual of the oak and the mistletoe.
- In other words the religious beliefs are not causal of the ritual practice.
- Believe it or not, an American city, San Francisco, is voting to proscribe one of the central rituals of an entire religious community.
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