ritual

Plural: rituals

Noun

• A set of formal actions or behaviors systematically performed.
• any customary observance or practice
• the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
• stereotyped behavior
• A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.

Adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
  • "ritual killing"
• of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; ; - Nadine Gordimer
  • "a ritual dance of Haiti"
  • "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"

Adj

• Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Examples

• His pre-game RITUAL involved arranging his Scrabble tiles into a winning pattern.
• The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.
• They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.

Synonyms

rite

Anagrams of ritual