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Noun: ritual  richooul
  1. Any customary observance or practice
    - rite
     
  2. The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
     
  3. Stereotyped behaviour
Adjective: ritual  richooul
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
    "ritual killing"
     
  2. 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"

Derived forms: rituals

See also: rite, ritualize

Type of: custom, habit, pattern, practice, usage, usance, use

Encyclopedia: Ritual