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We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.
Mitch Daniels

Meaning of "ritual" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RITUAL

From Latin rītuālis, from rītusrite.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RITUAL

ritual  [ˈrɪtjʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RITUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ritual can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RITUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ritual

Ritual

A ritual "is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and performed according to set sequence." Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism and performance. Rituals of various kinds are a feature of almost all known human societies, past or present. They include not only the various worship rites and sacraments of organized religions and cults, but also the rites of passage of certain societies, atonement and purification rites, oaths of allegiance, dedication ceremonies, coronations and presidential inaugurations, marriages and funerals, school "rush" traditions and graduations, club meetings, sports events, Halloween parties, veterans parades, Christmas shopping and more. Many activities that are ostensibly performed for concrete purposes, such as jury trials, execution of criminals, and scientific symposia, are loaded with purely symbolic actions prescribed by regulations or tradition, and thus partly ritualistic in nature.

Definition of ritual in the English dictionary

The first definition of ritual in the dictionary is the prescribed or established form of a religious or other ceremony. Other definition of ritual is such prescribed forms in general or collectively. Ritual is also stereotyped activity or behaviour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RITUAL


aspectual
æˈspɛktjʊəl
conceptual
kənˈsɛptjʊəl
conflictual
kənˈflɪktjʊəl
contextual
kənˈtɛkstjʊəl
contractual
kənˈtræktjʊəl
conventual
kənˈvɛntjʊəl
effectual
ɪˈfɛktjʊəl
habitual
həˈbɪtjʊəl
intertextual
ˌɪntəˈtekstjʊəl
mutuel
ˈmjuːtjʊəl
nonfactual
ˌnɒnˈfæktjʊəl
obitual
əˈbɪtjʊəl
pari-mutuel
ˌpærɪˈmjuːtjʊəl
perceptual
pəˈsɛptjʊəl
perpetual
pəˈpɛtjʊəl
punctual
ˈpʌŋktjʊəl
spiritual
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl
tactual
ˈtæktjʊəl
textual
ˈtɛkstjʊəl
unspiritual
ʌnˈspɪrɪtjʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RITUAL

rite-of-passage
riteless
ritenuto
ritonavir
ritornel
ritornelle
ritornelli
ritornello
ritournelle
ritter
ritualisation
ritualise
ritualism
ritualistic
ritualistically
ritualization
ritualize
ritualized
ritually
ritz

WORDS THAT END LIKE RITUAL

accentual
actual
artifactual
counterfactual
eventual
factual
ineffectual
instinctual
intellectual
Lord spiritual
Lords Spiritual
mutual
Negro spiritual
noncontractual
revictual
the spiritual
unpunctual
victual
virtual
your actual

Synonyms and antonyms of ritual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RITUAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ritual» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ritual

Translation of «ritual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RITUAL

Find out the translation of ritual to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ritual from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ritual» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

典礼的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ritual
570 millions of speakers

English

ritual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुष्ठान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَعَائِريّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ритуальный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ritual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুষ্ঠান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rituel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Upacara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rituell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

儀式の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의례적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ritual
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theo lễ nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சடங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rituale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rytualny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обряд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obicei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τελετουργικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ritueel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rituell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rituell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ritual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RITUAL»

The term «ritual» is very widely used and occupies the 12.947 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RITUAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ritual

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10 QUOTES WITH «RITUAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ritual.
1
Chris Abani
The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.
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Sarah Addison Allen
The thing most consistently on my desk as I write is a cat - a different one at different times of the day. I think I'm more a part of their ritual.
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Jennifer Armentrout
One constant writing ritual, no matter what I'm writing, is that I cannot write if people are around me. It wigs me out - the idea that someone is reading as I'm writing stuff.
4
Reza Aslan
A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.
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J. L. Austin
Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.
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Megan Boone
British actors wear wigs a lot. I find it to be a nice ritual at the end of the day, take the wig off, clean the makeup off, go home, leave work behind me.
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Anthony Bourdain
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
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Connie Britton
Now that I have a 16-month-old son, my weekend ritual has changed - but it's better than ever. We get up early and go for a walk on one of the hiking trails near my home in Los Angeles, then meet up with friends at a diner. There's nothing better than sipping coffee, eating scrambled eggs, and taking three hours to do it.
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Trey Burke
I basically try to visualize the team doing good things on the court the night before the game. I get shots up. There's not actually a pregame ritual that I do. I'm still trying to figure that out. I say a prayer. I go out with confidence.
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Mitch Daniels
We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RITUAL»

Discover the use of ritual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ritual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Necromantic Ritual Book
Successful working of any of these devotions will enable you to share consciousness with the Angel of Death as well as becoming 'one' with your own death.
Leilah Wendell, 1991
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Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face to Face Behavior
This is an interesting account of daily social interaction viewed with a new perspective for the logic of our behavior in ordinary circumstances.
Erving Goffman, 2005
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Ritual
Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, Ritual is commonly recognised by cult cinema fanatics as the original seed that spawned the towering movie enigma, The Wicker Man.
David Pinner, 2011
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Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night
A wide-ranging, illustrated look at the history of Halloween illuminates the holiday from ancient Celtic ritual to billion-dollar industry. 32 halftones & line illustrations.
Nicholas Rogers, 2003
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Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice
In this volume, Bell re-examines the issues, methods, and ramifications of our interest in ritual by concentrating on anthropology, sociology, and the history of religions.
Catherine Bell, 1992
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A Pagan Ritual Prayer Book
A companion to the popular A Book of Pagan Prayer, this handbook of rituals and prayers is organized thematically, making it convenient to use if one is seeking prayers for specific occasions, seasons, times of day, meals, or milestones.
Ceisiwr Serith, 2011
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Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor: A Guide to the Three ...
This book serves as a trusted and standard reference work for those within the craft.
Malcolm Duncan, 2007
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Yoruba Ritual: Performers, Play, Agency
Throughout the book prominence is given to the intentionality of actors as knowledgeable agents who transform ritual itself through play and improvisation.
Margaret Thompson Drewal, 1992
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Duncan's Ritual and Monitor of Freemasonry
The purpose of this work is not so much to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated as to furnish a guide for the neophytes of the Order, by means of which their progress from grade to grade may be facilitated.
Malcolm C. Duncan, 2008
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Civic Ritual in Renaissance Venice
Edward Muir traces the origins and development of this reputation, paying particular attention to the sixteenth century, when civic ritual in Venice reached its peak.
Edward Muir, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RITUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ritual is used in the context of the following news items.
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Young Nepalese boy slain in human sacrifice ritual
(CNN) A Nepalese man has confessed to the murder of a young boy after saying a local holy man advised him that a human sacrifice would heal his ailing son, ... «CNN, Jul 15»
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Ancient Ritual Bath Found Under Unsuspecting Family's Floorboards
A family recently discovered a large 2,000-year-old ritual bath underneath the floorboards of their Jerusalem home during a routine living room renovation, the ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the richest videogame Kickstarter …
Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi went to Kickstarter in May in search of $500,000 to support the development of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Tomorrow ... «PC Gamer, Jun 15»
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Castlevania producer reveals Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Longtime Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi is seeking Kickstarter support for his latest project, a 2.5D "exploration-focused, side-scrolling platformer" called ... «PC Gamer, May 15»
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Stampede at Hindu Bathing Ritual in Bangladesh Kills at Least 10
Every year, Hindus travel great distances — including from Nepal, Bhutan and India — to gather on the banks of the Brahmaputra River and take part in a ritual ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Botched Ritual Circumcision Leads To World's First Penile Transplant
It began with a ritual circumcision for a teenager in South Africa, from the Xhosa tribe. And it ended with the world's first penile transplant, completed in ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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De Blasio Cuts Deal on Controversial Circumcision Ritual
“While the de Blasio Administration continues to believe that MBP carries with it health risks, given the sacred nature of this ritual to the community, the ... «New York Observer, Feb 15»
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NYC, Orthodox Jews in talks over ritual after herpes cases
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, which came into power a year ago with a promise to reconsider an existing regulation on the ritual, is now negotiating with ... «USA TODAY, Feb 15»
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Rabbi pleads guilty to videotaping 52 women who took ritual baths
“Bernard Freundel exploited his position of power to victimize dozens of women who entered a sacred, intimate space of religious ritual,” said Ronald Machen Jr. «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Feb 15»
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SHOW BITS: 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Grammy ritual
8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP). LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every musician has his or her own Grammy ritual. For "Weird Al" Yankovic, ... «Yahoo News UK, Feb 15»

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