RITUAL


Meaning of RITUAL in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 a prescribed order of performing rites. 2 a procedure regularly followed.

adj. of or done as a ritual or rites (ritual murder). ritualize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). ritualization n. (also -isation). ritually adv.

[ L ritualis (as RITE) ]

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