26984 words

ritual

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way every time:

Examples:

Coffee and the newspaper are part of my morning ritual.
The birds were performing a complex mating ritual.
2
a fixed set of actions and words, especially as part of a religious ceremony:

Examples:

This part of the ceremony is nothing more than formal ritual.
the sacred Islamic ritual of washing the dead
3
a set of actions or words performed in a regular way, often as part of a religious ceremony
4
A ritual is also any act done regularly, usually without thinking about it:

Examples:

[ C ] My morning ritual includes reading the newspaper while I drink my coffee.

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