ritual

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ritual Definition

• (a) of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"
• (a) of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer
• (n) any customary observance or practice
• (n) the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
• (n) stereotyped behavior

ritual Synonyms

• rite
• ritual