ritual

ritual
[[t]rɪ̱tʃuəl[/t]]
rituals
1) N-VAR A ritual is a religious service or other ceremony which involves a series of actions performed in a fixed order.

This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals...

These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.

2) ADJ: ADJ n Ritual activities happen as part of a ritual or tradition.

...fastings and ritual dancing.

...an act of ritual suicide.

Derived words:
ritually ADV ADV with v

The statue was ritually bathed and purified.

3) N-VAR A ritual is a way of behaving or a series of actions which people regularly carry out in a particular situation, because it is their custom to do so.

The whole Italian culture revolves around the ritual of eating...

Cocktails at the Plaza was a nightly ritual of their sophisticated world.

4) ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) You can describe something as a ritual action when it is done in exactly the same way whenever a particular situation occurs.

I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Ritual — Ritual …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Ritual — • One of the official books of the Roman Rite. It contains all the services performed by a priest that are not in the Missal and Breviary and has also, for convenience, some that are in those books Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • ritual — RITUÁL, Ă, (1) rituali, e, adj., (2) ritualuri, s.n. 1. adj. Care ţine de rituri, privitor la rituri; care se face după anumite rituri; ritualic. 2. s.n. Rânduială a unei slujbe religioase; ceremonial religios. ♦ Ceremonial, desfăşurat după… …   Dicționar Român

  • ritual — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino 1. Que se hace según un rito: canto ritual, baile ritual, ceremonia ritual. La cena en su casa constituyó un verdadero ritual. danza ritual. sustantivo masculino 1. Área: religión Conjunto de ritos o ceremonias de… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Ritual — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el disco de Los Piojos, véase Ritual (álbum). Un ritual es una serie de acciones, realizadas principalmente por su valor simbólico, que es prescrita por una religión o por las tradiciones de una comunidad. El… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ritual — Rit u*al, a.[L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.] Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Ritual — Rit u*al, n. [Cf. F. rituel.] 1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ritual — (Del lat. rituālis). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo al rito1. 2. m. Conjunto de ritos de una religión, de una iglesia o de una función sagrada. 3. libro ritual. ser de ritual algo. fr. Estar impuesto por la costumbre …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • ritual — [rich′o͞o əl] adj. [L ritualis] of, having the nature of, or done as a rite or rites [ritual dances] n. 1. a set form or system of rites, religious or otherwise 2. the observance of set forms or rites, as in public worship 3. a book containing… …   English World dictionary

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