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Adjective ritual has 2 senses

ritual - of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"
ritual - 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

Noun ritual has 3 senses

ritual, rite - any customary observance or practice
--₁ is a kind of custom, usage, usance
--₁ has parts: ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
--₁ has particulars:
betrothal, espousal; marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony; rite of passage

Derived form: verb ritualize₁
ritual - the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
--₂ is a kind of practice, pattern
--₂ has particulars:
ablution; celebration, solemnization, solemnisation; Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction

Derived form: verb ritualize₁
ritual - stereotyped behavior
--₃ is a kind of habit, use, wont

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