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Related / Similar Words: rite

Definition:

stereotyped behavior;

any customary observance or practice;

the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies;

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;

of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing";

Hyponyms: betrothal, espousal, marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony, rite of passage, ablution, celebration, solemnization, solemnisation, Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction

Pertainyms: rite, religious rite

Derivational Morphology: ritualize, ritualise

Language Translations:
Chinese: 儀式		Dutch: ritueel
French: rituel		German: Ritual
Greek: τελετουργικό		Italian: rituale
Japanese: 儀式		Korean: 의례
Portuguese: ritual		Russian: ритуал
Spanish: ritual

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