a. A ceremony in which the actions and wording follow a prescribed form and order.
b. The body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship or by an organization: according to Catholic ritual.
2. A book of rites or ceremonial forms.
3. A set of actions that are conducted routinely in the same manner: My household chores have become a morning ritual.
4.Zoology A set of actions that an animal performs in a fixed sequence, often as a means of communication: the greeting ritual in baboons.
1. Associated with or performed according to a rite or ritual: a priest's ritual garments; a ritual sacrifice.
2. Being part of an established routine: a ritual glass of milk before bed.
[From Latin rītuālis. of rites. from rītus. rite ; see rite .]
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony
2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony
3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) such prescribed forms in general or collectively
4. (Other Non-Christian Religions) such prescribed forms in general or collectively
5. stereotyped activity or behaviour
6. (Psychology) psychol any repetitive behaviour, such as hand-washing, performed by a person with a compulsive personality disorder
7. any formal act, institution, or procedure that is followed consistently: the ritual of the law.
8. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of religious, social, or other rituals
9. (Other Non-Christian Religions) of, relating to, or characteristic of religious, social, or other rituals
[C16: from Latin rītuālis. from rītus rite]
rit•u•al
(ˈrɪtʃ u əl)
a. an established procedure for a religious or other rite.
b. a system of such rites.
2. observance of set forms in public worship.
3. a book of rites or ceremonies.
4. prescribed, established, or ceremonial acts or features collectively.
5. any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
6.Psychiatry. a specific act, as hand-washing, performed repetitively to a pathological degree.
7. being or practiced as a rite or ritual: a ritual dance.
8. of or pertaining to rites or ritual: ritual laws.
a solemn ceremony, especially a religious one. marriage rites. rite طَقْس، إحْتِفال ритуал rito obřad der Ritus ceremoni; -ceremoni τελετή. ιεροτελεστία rito riitus مراسم؛ تشریفات riitti rite טקס रीति obred, ceremonija szertartás upacara helgiathöfn rito 儀式 엄숙하게 올리는 의식 apeigos, ritualas rituāls; ceremonija upacara rite seremoni. rite obrządek مراسم، تشریفات rito ritual обряд obrad obred obred rit, ceremoni พิธีศาสนา âyin, tören 宗教儀式 обряд, церемонія مذہبی nghi lễ 宗教仪式
ritual ( ˈritʃuəl ) noun
(a particular set of) traditional or fixed actions etc used in a religious etc ceremony. Christian rituals; the ritual of the Roman Catholic church. ritueel طَقْس كَنَسي церемония ritual rituál das Ritual ritual ιεροτελεστία. τυπικό, τελετουργικό ritual rituaal تشریفات مذهبی rituaali rite. rituel פולחן क्रिया पद्धति obred, ritual szertartás(ok) upacara helgisiðir, ritúal rituale 伝統 (종교 등의) 의식의 일정한 형식 ritualas, apeigos rituāls ritual ritueel ritual rytuał مذهبی تشریفات ritual rit, ritual ритуа rituál obred ritual ritual พิธีกรรม tören 儀式 ритуальний رسوم عبادات nghi thức 礼仪式
forming (part of) a ritual or ceremony. a ritual dance/sacrifice. rities, ritueel طَقْسي ритуален ritual rituální rituell ceremoniel; rituel τελετουργικός ritual rituaalne وابسته به تشریفات rituaali- rituel פּוּלחָנִי रस्म संबंधी obredni, ritualan rituális upacara helgisiða- rituale 儀式の 의례적인 ritualinis, apeiginis rituāls-; ceremoniāls melakukan upacara ritual ritueel rituell rytualny تشریفاتو پوری مربوط ritual ritualic ритуальный rituálny obreden ritualan rituell เกี่ยวกับพิธีกรรม âyin, tören 儀式的 ритуальний آداب و رسوم mang tính nghi thức 礼仪的
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It was rumoured of him once that he was about to join the Roman Catholic communion, and certainly the Roman ritual had always a great attraction for him.
I could not help thinking of the wild ritual of this work, and of its probable influence upon the hypochondriac, when, one evening, having informed me abruptly that the lady Madeline was no more, he stated his intention of preserving her corpse for a fortnight, (previously to its final interment), in one of the numerous vaults within the main walls of the building.
He sends the Fire that kills," said he, in his deep voice, repeating part of the Ritual .
Felton approached her, and said, "Lord de Winter, who is a Catholic, like yourself, madame, thinking that the deprivation of the rites and ceremonies of your church might be painful to you, has consented that you should read every day the ordinary of your Mass; and here is a book which contains the ritual .
In the midst of the wood was the hallowed 'Hoolah Hoolah' ground--set apart for the celebration of the fantastical religious ritual of these people--comprising an extensive oblong pi-pi, terminating at either end in a lofty terraced altar, guarded by ranks of hideous wooden idols, and with the two remaining sides flanked by ranges of bamboo sheds, opening towards the interior of the quadrangle thus formed.
The books of my lamassery I read, and they were dried pith; and the later ritual with which we of the Reformed Law have cumbered ourselves - that, too, had no worth to these old eyes.
1840; "Le Culte du Feu," a folio volume of ponderous research into the religion and ritual of the old Persian Ghebers, published in 1841; "La Soiree du Chateau en Espagne," 1 tom.
I have noted of some half-dozen cases of the kind the Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual and that which I am about to recount are the two which present the strongest features of interest.
I need not expound the quaint old ritual of ransom, which it is incumbent upon me to keep up; and even this only applies to a part of the company.
As for Lucy and Cecil, for whom the temple had been built, they also joined in the merry ritual. but waited, as earnest worshippers should, for the disclosure of some holier shrine of joy.
Tom kissed Sally with the gravity of one performing a ritual .
Nothing about his betrothed pleased him more than her resolute determination to carry to its utmost limit that ritual of ignoring the "unpleasant" in which they had both been brought up.