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Definition of Ritualism

1. Noun. The study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies.

2. Noun. Exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship.

Definition of Ritualism

1. n. A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

Definition of Ritualism

1. Noun. The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ritualism

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ritualism

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Literary usage of Ritualism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"WHAT IS ritualism? WHAT is ritualism ? It may seem strange to ask the question at the present moment, when the word " ritualism " is in every man's month, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The practices have been practically permitted by the legal authorities; so that ritualism lives to-day strongly entrenched in the Episcopal Church, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The practices have been practically permitted by the legal authorities; so that ritualism lives to-day strongly entrenched in the Episcopal Church, ..."

4. Literature of Theology: A Classified Bibliography of Theological and General by John Fletcher Hurst (1896)
"HALL, CH True Protestant ritualism : a Review of " Law of ritualism. ... ritualism in the English Church, in its Relation to Scripture Piety and Law. ..."

5. Bibliotheca Theologica: A Select and Classified Bibliography of Theology and by John Fletcher Hurst (1883)
"BERRY, G. ritualism, an Enquiry. 2 Parts and Sequel. 8vo. ... ritualism IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH, in its Relation to Scripture Piety and Law. ..."

6. Gleanings of Past Years, 1843-78 by William Ewart Gladstone (1879)
"ritualism surely means an undue disposition to ritual. ... But the word ritualism passes, in the public mind, for something more specific in terms, ..."

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