Lexic.us

Definition of Ritual

1. Noun. Any customary observance or practice.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals. "Ritual killing"

3. Noun. The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies.

4. Adjective. Of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals. "Sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"

5. Noun. Stereotyped behavior.

Definition of Ritual

1. a. Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

2. n. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.

Definition of Ritual

1. a system of rites [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ritual

1. In psychiatry and psychology, any psychomotor activity (e.g., morbid handwashing) sustained by an individual to relieve anxiety or forestall its development; typically seen in obsessive-compulsive neurosis. Origin: L. Ritualis, fr. Ritus, rite (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ritual

ritornels rits ritt ritted Rittenhouse Rittenhouse-Manogian procedure ritter Ritter's law Ritter's opening tetanus Ritter-Rollet phenomenon

ritters ritter disease ritting ritts ritual (current term) ritual (current term) ritualise ritualism ritualisms ritualist

ritualistic ritualistically ritualistic behaviour ritualists ritualization ritualizations ritualize ritualized ritualizes ritualizing

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