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Definition of Religious ritual
1. Noun. A ceremony having religious meaning.
Generic synonyms: Ceremony
Specialized synonyms: Agape, Love Feast, Religious Rite, Rite, Divine Service, Religious Service, Service, Sacrament, Confirmation, Sanctification, Oblation, Religious Offering, Inunction, Unction, Libation, Mass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Religious Ritual
Literary usage of Religious ritual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"Malinowski (1948) tried to distinguish magic from religious ritual, ... From this
perspective, the difference between magic and religious ritual ..."
2. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"Malinowski (1948) tried to distinguish magic from religious ritual, ... From this
perspective, the difference between magic and religious ritual ..."
3. The Todas by William Halse Rivers Rivers (1906)
"CHAPTER III DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES THE milking and churning operations of the
dairy form the basis of the greater part of the religious ritual of the Todas. ..."
4. The Todas by William Halse Rivers Rivers (1906)
"CHAPTER III DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES THE milking and churning operations of the
dairy form the basis of the greater part of the religious ritual of the Todas. ..."