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.
–adjective
11.
of the nature of or practiced as a rite or ritual: a ritual dance.
12.
of or pertaining to rites or ritual: ritual laws.
[Origin: 1560–70; < L rītuālis, equiv. to rītu-, s. of rītusrite+ -ālis-al1]
The body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship.
The prescribed form of conducting a formal secular ceremony: the ritual of an inauguration.
The body of ceremonies used by a fraternal organization.
A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.
The performance of such acts.
A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed: My household chores have become a morning ritual.
A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine: "Prison was a ritual—reenacted daily, year in, year out. Prisoners came and went; generations came and went; and yet the ritual endured"(William H. Hallahan).
The prescribed form of conducting a formal secular ceremony: the ritual of an inauguration.
The body of ceremonies used by a fraternal organization.
A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.
The performance of such acts.
A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed: My household chores have become a morning ritual.
A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine: "Prison was a ritual—reenacted daily, year in, year out. Prisoners came and went; generations came and went; and yet the ritual endured"(William H. Hallahan).
A book of rites or ceremonial forms.
rituals
A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.
The performance of such acts.
A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed: My household chores have become a morning ritual.
A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine: "Prison was a ritual—reenacted daily, year in, year out. Prisoners came and went; generations came and went; and yet the ritual endured"(William H. Hallahan).
A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed: My household chores have become a morning ritual.
A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine: "Prison was a ritual—reenacted daily, year in, year out. Prisoners came and went; generations came and went; and yet the ritual endured"(William H. Hallahan).
adj.
Associated with or performed according to a rite or ritual: a priest's ritual garments; a ritual sacrifice.
Being part of an established routine: a ritual glass of milk before bed.
[From Latin rītuālis, of rites, from rītus, rite; see rite.]
1570, from L. ritualis "relating to (religious) rites," from ritus "rite" (see rite). The noun is first recorded 1649. Ritualistic first recorded 1850.
of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"
2.
of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer
noun
1.
any customary observance or practice
2.
the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
(a particular set of) traditional or fixed actions etc used in a religious etc ceremony Example: Christian rituals; the ritual of the Roman Catholic church
Arabic:
طَقْس كَنَسي
Chinese (Simplified):
礼仪式
Chinese (Traditional):
禮儀式
Czech:
rituál
Danish:
ritual
Dutch:
ritueel
Estonian:
rituaal
Finnish:
jumalanpalvelusmenot
French:
rite, rituel
German:
das Ritual
Greek:
ιεροτελεστία, τυπικό, τελετουργικό
Hungarian:
szertartás(ok)
Icelandic:
helgisiðir, ritúal
Indonesian:
upacara
Italian:
rituale
Japanese:
伝統
Korean:
(종교적) 의식, 전례; 의식적인 행사
Latvian:
rituāls
Lithuanian:
ritualas, apeigos
Norwegian:
ritual
Polish:
rytuał
Portuguese (Brazil):
ritual, rito
Portuguese (Portugal):
ritual
Romanian:
rit, ritual
Russian:
ритуал
Slovak:
rituál
Slovenian:
obred
Spanish:
ritual
Swedish:
ritual
Turkish:
tören
ritual[ˈritʃuəl]adjective
forming (part of) a ritual or ceremony Example: a ritual dance/sacrifice
Main Entry: rit·u·al Pronunciation: 'rich-(&-)w&l Function: noun : any act or practice regularly repeated in a set precise manner for
relief of anxiety <obsessive-compulsive rituals>
Rit"u*al\, n. [Cf. F. rituel.]1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual. 2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons. 3. A book containing the rites to be observed.
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