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Definitions for Ritual

[1] an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
[2] a system or collection of religious or other rites.
[3] observance of set forms in public worship.
[4] a book of rites or ceremonies.
[5] a book containing the offices to be used by priests in administering the sacraments and for visitation of the sick, burial of the dead, etc.
[6] a prescribed or established rite, ceremony, proceeding, or service: the ritual of the dead.
[7] prescribed, established, or ceremonial acts or features collectively, as in religious services.
[8] any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
[9] a prescribed code of behavior regulating social conduct, as that exemplified by the raising of one's hat or the shaking of hands in greeting.
[10] Psychiatry . a specific act, as hand-washing, performed repetitively to a pathological degree, occurring as a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
[11] of the nature of or practiced as a rite or ritual: a ritual dance.
[12] of or relating to rites or ritual: ritual laws.
[13] the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony
[14] such prescribed forms in general or collectively
[15] stereotyped activity or behaviour
[16] psychol any repetitive behaviour, such as hand-washing, performed by a person with a compulsive personality disorder
[17] any formal act, institution, or procedure that is followed consistently the ritual of the law
[18] of, relating to, or characteristic of religious, social, or other rituals

Words related to Ritual

observance, formality, stereotype, habit, practice, custom, liturgy, act, routine, rite, procedure, protocol, form, service, solemnity, ordinance, sacrament, communion, convention, usage

Words nearby Ritual

rites of passage, ritornello, ritschlian, ritter, ritter's disease, ritual, ritual bath, ritual murder, ritualism, ritualist, ritualistic

Origin of Ritual

1560–70; < Latin rītuālis, equivalent to rītu-, stem of rītus rite + -ālis -al1

Other words from Ritual

rit·u·al·ly , adverb
an·ti·rit·u·al , adjective
pro·rit·u·al , adjective
un·rit·u·al , adjective
un·rit·u·al·ly , adverb

Word origin for Ritual

C16: from Latin rītuālis , from rītus rite

Synonyms for Ritual

act, custom, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, practice, procedure, rite, routine, stereotype, Sacrament, ceremonial, communion, convention, form, ordinance, prescription, protocol, service, solemnity, usage, red tape