I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient , primitive
▪ traditional
▪ daily , nightly
▪ Sunday , etc.
▪ family
▪
Eating around the table was a family ~ that could not be broken.
▪ tribal
▪ little
▪
A cognac before bed is one of our little nightly ~s.
▪ elaborate , solemn
▪ bizarre , strange
▪ empty
▪
Bargaining at the markets is now just an empty ~.
▪ secret
▪
secret ~s in the sacred forest
▪ magical , religious
▪ public , social
▪ sacred
▪ Catholic , Hindu , Jewish , etc.
▪ pagan , satanic , shamanic , voodoo
▪ burial , cleansing , courtship , fertility , funerary , healing , initiation , mating , mourning , purification
▪ hazing ( AmE )
VERB + RITUAL
▪ conduct , do , enact , go through , hold , perform
▪
She had to go through the ~ of kissing the toys before her son would go to sleep.
▪
~s performed by druids on Midsummer's Day
▪ undergo
▪
Boys undergo a circumcision ~ to usher them into adulthood.
▪ follow , observe , practise/practice
▪
Their funerals follow the ~s of the Catholic church.
▪
They practise/practice certain ~s in connection with rites of passage.
▪ complete
▪
It takes several days to complete the ~.
▪ begin
▪
Jake began the evening ~ of asking about everyone's day.
▪ make
▪
He makes an elaborate ~ of washing the car.
▪ become
▪
Her visits to her aged father have become a ~.
RITUAL + VERB
▪ take place
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Women's roles in the ~s of many religions have been limited.
II.
adj.
Ritual is used with these nouns: ↑ chant , ↑ dance , ↑ denunciation , ↑ magic , ↑ murder , ↑ prayer , ↑ sacrifice , ↑ slaughter , ↑ suicide , ↑ vessel