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rituals
 
Noun ritual has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. ritual - stereotyped behavior
    --3 is a kind of     habit, use, wont
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