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1. (noun) ritual, rite
any customary observance or practice

2. (noun) ritual
the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

3. (adj) 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

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