"ritual" Definition

Definitions for the word "ritual" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A book containing the rites to be observed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 a prescribed order of a ceremony etc. B solemn or colourful pageantry etc. 2 procedure regularly followed. adj. Of or done as a ritual or rite (ritual murder). ritually adv. [latin: related to *rite]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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