
1) Ablution 2) Ceremonial 3) Communion 4) Custom 5) Hymeneal 6) Manduction 7) Procedure 8) Rite 9) Solemnisation 10) Solemnization 11) Tradition
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1) Argentine music 2) Book for churchmen 3) British horror novel 4) Ceremonial act 5) Ceremonial doings 6) Ceremony 7) Church ceremony 8) Customary observance 9) Dystopian novel 10) English post-punk music group 11) Everyday routine 12) Fire dance 13) Formal 14) Formal procedure 15) Frat-house ceremony
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- any customary observance or practice
- the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
- stereotyped behavior
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This is a very important component of drama, especially in classrooms. Ritual provides opportunities for students to build belief and commit themselves to the drama. The teacher made sure that stepping into the role of India TV reporters was performed seriously each time and in a proper sequence: that is, ritually. Ritual may also provide opportuni...
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A formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval. The set of actions that comprise a ritual often include, but are not limited to, such things as recitation, singing, group processions, repetitive dance, manipulation of sacred objects, etc. The general purpose of ri...
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A ritual `is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence.` Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolis.....
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• (n.) A book containing the rites to be observed. • (n.) A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual. • (n.) Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons. • (a.) Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or...
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formal, ceremonial behaviour
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the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by tradition or by sacerdotal decree. Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behaviour exhibited by ... [77 related articles]
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An action or series of actions that is repeated, often in a religious or social setting. In medicine, it may describe a repeated action (such as hand washing) done to relieve feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness in people who have an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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In religious devotion or service, the practice of certain set formulas that either mark a particular important event in a person's life - such as birth rituals or death rituals - or form a...
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In psychiatry and psychology, any psychomotor activity (e.g., morbid handwashing) sustained by an individual to relieve anxiety or forestall its development; typically seen in obsessive-compulsive neurosis. ... Origin: L. Ritualis, fr. Ritus, rite ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Rit'u·al adjective [ Latin
ritualis , from
ritus a rite: confer French
rituel .] Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as,
ritual service or sacrifices; the
ritual law.
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Rit'u·al noun [ Confer F.
rituel .]
1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish
ritual .
2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the
ritual of the freemasons.
3. A book c...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: rich′ū-ăl Definitions: 1. In psychiatry and psychology, any repetitive psychomotor activity (hair pulling, handwashing) performed by a person to relieve anxiety, typically seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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[
adj] - of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals 2. [adj] - of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals 3. [n] - the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies 4. [n] - any customary observance or practice 5. [n] - stereotyped behavior
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a prescribed form or ceremony; drama grew out of religious ritual.
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a purpose of art that includes celebration and commemoration.
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adjective 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
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a routine that is followed on a regular basis
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