transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtʃuəl ]
( rituals)
1.
A ritual is a religious service or other ceremony which involves a series of actions performed in a fixed order.
This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals...
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2.
Ritual activities happen as part of a ritual or tradition.
...fastings and ritual dancing.
ADJ : ADJ n
• ritu‧al‧ly
The statue was ritually bathed and purified.
ADV : ADV with v
3.
A ritual is a way of behaving or a series of actions which people regularly carry out in a particular situation, because it is their custom to do so.
The whole Italian culture revolves around the ritual of eating...
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4.
You can describe something as a ritual action when it is done in exactly the same way whenever a particular situation occurs.
I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.
ADJ : ADJ n