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Another word for ritual

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Noun

  1. A formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual

      1. Work that is done for others as an occupation or business:
      2. The performance of work or duties for a superior or as a servant:
      3. An act or a variety of work done for others, especially for pay:
      1. The prescribed or customary form for conducting a religious or other solemn ceremony:
      2. A ceremonial act or series of acts:
      3. The liturgy or practice of a branch of the Christian church.
      1. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted.
      2. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place:
      3. A subdivision of a governmental department:
      1. The act or practice of observing or complying with a law, custom, command, or rule.
      2. The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
      3. A customary rite or ceremony.
      1. A prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship.
      2. The sacrament of the Eucharist.
      1. A formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom:
      2. A conventional social gesture or act of courtesy:
      3. A formal act without intrinsic purpose; an empty form:
      1. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
      2. Involved or used in ceremonies:
      3. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.

  2. A conventional social gesture or act without intrinsic purpose

      1. The quality or condition of being formal.
      2. Rigorous or ceremonious adherence to established forms, rules, or customs.
      3. An established form, rule, or custom, especially one followed merely for the sake of procedure or decorum.
      1. The shape and structure of an object:
      2. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal; figure:
      3. A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
      1. A formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom:
      2. A conventional social gesture or act of courtesy:
      3. A formal act without intrinsic purpose; an empty form:
Adjective

  1. Of or characterized by ceremony

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Another word for ritual

Noun
      1. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures:
      2. The practice of such activities or procedures:
      3. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater:
      1. The act or practice of observing or complying with a law, custom, command, or rule.
      2. The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
      3. A customary rite or ceremony.
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Sentence Examples

  • It had an absurd ritual and a strange uniform.

  • Bedtime began with their ritual of sitting on the window seat in each other's arms, watching their farm in the growing darkness.

  • It was a ritual they had been performing morning and night for the past two weeks.

  • The sacrificial ritual recognizes two kinds of srauta sacrifices, viz.

  • Where the ritual, as in most cases, is a revival of pre-Reformation.

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