adj
Meaning 1
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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adjective
of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals- Nadine Gordimer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
stereotyped behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: habit, use
noun
any customary observance or practice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rite
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Broader terms: custom, usage, usance
Narrower terms: betrothal, espousal, marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony, rite of passage
noun
the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: practice, pattern
Narrower terms: ablution, celebration, solemnization, solemnisation, Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction
History
From Latin rītuālis (adjective), from rītus (“rite”) + -ālis. Displaced native Old English ġewuna and wuna.
Across languages
145 source translations are retained for this English entry.