RITUAL

Ritual

A ritual "is a stereotyped sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and designed to influence preternatural entities or forces on behalf of the actors' goals and interests." Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism and performance.

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ritual

Noun

  1. rite; a repeated set of actions
    They carried out the ritual carefully.

Adjective

  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
    They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.


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