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1. (n.) ritual
an established procedure for a religious or other rite.
2. ritual
a system of such rites.
3. ritual
observance of set forms in public worship.
4. ritual
a book of rites or ceremonies.
5. ritual
prescribed, established, or ceremonial acts or features collectively.
6. ritual
any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
7. ritual
Psychiatry. a specific act, as hand-washing, performed repetitively to a pathological degree.
8. (adj.) ritual
being or practiced as a rite or ritual:
a ritual dance.
9. ritual
of or pertaining to rites or ritual:
ritual laws.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L rītuālis=rītu-, s. of rītusrite+-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'ritual' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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1. (noun) ritual
a ceremony or traditional practice with a fixed set of actions
the rituals of a Catholic church service
2. ritual
sth you do regularly and always in the same way
Our Friday phone calls became a ritual.
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| Definition of 'ritual' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ritual
of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law
2. (noun) ritual
a prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual
3. (noun) ritual
hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons
4. (noun) ritual
a book containing the rites to be observed
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Sense: (a particular set of) traditional or fixed actions etc used in a religious etc ceremony
Christian rituals; the ritual of the Roman Catholic church.
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Afrikaans: ritueel |
Arabic: طَقْس كَنَسي |
Bulgarian: церемония |
Brazilian: ritual |
Czech: rituál |
German: das Ritual |
Danish: ritual |
Greek: ιεροτελεστία, τυπικό, τελ |
Spanish: ritual |
Estonian: rituaal |
Farsi: تشریفات مذهبی |
Finnish: rituaali |
French: rite, rituel |
Hebrew: פּוּלחָן |
Hindi: क्रिया पद्धति |
Croatian: obred, ritual |
Hungarian: szertartás(ok) |
Indonesian: upacara |
Icelandic: helgisiðir, ritúal |
Italian: rituale |
Japanese: 伝統 |
Korean: (종교 등의) 의식의 일정한 형식 |
Lithuanian: ritualas, apeigos |
Latvian: rituāls |
Malay: ritual |
Dutch: ritueel |
Norwegian: ritual |
Polish: rytuał |
Persian: تشریفات مذهبی |
Pashto: مذهبی تشریفات |
Portuguese: ritual |
Romanian: rit, ritual |
Russian: ритуа |
Slovak: rituál |
Slovenian: obred |
Serbian: ritual |
Swedish: ritual |
Thai: พิธีกรรม |
Turkish: tören |
Taiwanese: 儀式 |
Ukrainian: ритуальний |
Urdu: رسوم عبادات |
Vietnamese: nghi thức |
Chinese: 礼仪式 |
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