- ritual - of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"
- ritual - 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
- ritual - 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
- ritual, rite - any customary observance or practice
--1 is a kind of custom, usage, usance
--1 has parts: ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
--1 has particulars:betrothal, espousal; marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony; rite of passage Derived form: verb ritualize1 - ritual - the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
--2 is a kind of practice, pattern
--2 has particulars:ablution; celebration, solemnization, solemnisation; Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction Derived form: verb ritualize1 - ritual - stereotyped behavior
--3 is a kind of habit, use, wont