1. (noun)ritual, rite any customary observance or practice
2. (noun)ritual the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
3. (noun)ritual stereotyped behavior
4. (adj)ritual of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals "ritual killing"
5. (adj)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