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observance
A customary rite or ceremony.
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  1. A customary rite or ceremony.
  2. The act or practice of observing, or keeping, a law, duty, custom, rule, etc.
  3. (R.C.Ch.) The rule observed by a religious order
rites
Plural form of rite
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  1. Plural form of rite
routine
The practice of such activities or procedures:
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  1. The practice of such activities or procedures:
  2. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater:
  3. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures:
ceremonial
A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
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  1. A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
  2. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
  3. An established system of rites or formal actions connected with an occasion, as in religion; ritual
ceremony
Strict observance of formalities or etiquette:
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  1. Strict observance of formalities or etiquette:
  2. A formal act or set of formal acts established by custom or authority as proper to a special occasion, such as a wedding, religious rite, etc.
  3. The service or function at which such acts are performed
liturgy
(Christianity) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
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  1. (Christianity) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  2. The Eucharistic service, esp. (Divine Liturgy) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  3. A prescribed form or set of forms for public religious worship.
observance
The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
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  1. The act or custom of keeping or celebrating a holiday or other ritual occasion.
  2. (R.C.Ch.) The rule observed by a religious order
  3. The act or practice of observing, or keeping, a law, duty, custom, rule, etc.
office
Public position:
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  1. Public position:
  2. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone:
  3. A religious service or set of prayers; esp., Divine Office
rite
A prescribed form or particular system of ceremonial procedure, religious or otherwise; ritual
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  1. A prescribed form or particular system of ceremonial procedure, religious or otherwise; ritual
  2. A ceremonial or formal, solemn act, observance, or procedure in accordance with prescribed rule or custom, as in religious use
  3. Liturgy; esp., any of the historical forms of the Eucharistic service
service
A department or branch of a hospital staff that provides specified patient care:
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  1. A department or branch of a hospital staff that provides specified patient care:
  2. A religious rite or formal ceremony:
  3. An answering service.
ceremony
A formal act or set of formal acts established by custom or authority as proper to a special occasion, such as a wedding, religious rite, etc.
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  1. A formal act or set of formal acts established by custom or authority as proper to a special occasion, such as a wedding, religious rite, etc.
  2. A formal act without intrinsic purpose; an empty form:
  3. Behavior that follows rigid etiquette or a prescribed form
form
The way in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself:
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  1. The way in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself:
  2. A pattern of behavior or performance:
  3. (Linguis.) linguistic form
formality
Rigorous or ceremonious adherence to established forms, rules, or customs.
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  1. Rigorous or ceremonious adherence to established forms, rules, or customs.
  2. An established form, rule, or custom, especially one followed merely for the sake of procedure or decorum.
  3. A formal or conventional act or requirement; ceremony or form, often without practical meaning
ceremonial
(Archaic) Observant of forms; ceremonious.
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  1. (Archaic) Observant of forms; ceremonious.
  2. Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony; ritual or formal.
  3. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
ceremonious
Ceremonial
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  1. Ceremonial
  2. Excessively formal or proper
  3. In accord with prescribed or customary usage; rigidly formal.
formal
Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
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  1. Being or relating to essential form or constitution:
  2. Characterized by technical or polysyllabic vocabulary, complex sentence structure, and explicit transitions; not colloquial or informal:
  3. Stiffly ceremonious:
liturgical
Of or pertaining to liturgy in general or to the liturgy of a particular church or religion
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  1. Of or pertaining to liturgy in general or to the liturgy of a particular church or religion
  2. Using or used in liturgy.
  3. Of, relating to, or in accordance with liturgy:
ritualistic
Of or relating to habitual behavior.
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  1. Of or relating to habitual behavior.
  2. In the manner of a ritual.
  3. Advocating or practicing ritual.
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  • 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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