What is the meaning of ritual?

noun

  • Any customary observance or practice.
  • The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies.
  • Stereotyped behavior.

adjective

  • Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
    • usage: "ritual killing"
  • 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
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