Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to ritual or ritualism.
- adjective Advocating or practicing ritual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or according to ritual.
- Adhering to rituals: often used to designate a devotion to external forms and symbols as of great importance in religious worship.
- Hence Pertaining to or characteristic of the party called Ritualists in the Anglican Church. See
ritualist , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the manner of a
ritual . - adjective Of or relating to
habitual behavior .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
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Examples
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The thoughtful, never too literal visual narrative employed Viola's characteristic imagery of water, fire, sea, night-time forests, distant horizons which come slowly nearer, and humans in ritualistic or biblically inspired poses: prelapsarian, baptismal, transcendent.
Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Gergiev Fiona Maddocks 2010
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He murdered people in ritualistic fashion and cooked and ate their flesh.
Top Ten Movie Villains of All Time | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008
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The end of various past administrations has been experienced with strong devaluation of the Mexican peso, shocking political decisions made at the last minute (for example, when former President José López Portillo decided to nationalize the banking industry), assassinations during the campaign (Luis Colosio), promises never carried out, like the 7% growth promised by President Fox, and many other events which have created what I call a ritualistic panic.
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The end of various past administrations has been experienced with strong devaluation of the Mexican peso, shocking political decisions made at the last minute (for example, when former President José López Portillo decided to nationalize the banking industry), assassinations during the campaign (Luis Colosio), promises never carried out, like the 7% growth promised by President Fox, and many other events which have created what I call a ritualistic panic.
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Few people would suggest that no abuse took place at Wenatchee, but the idea of ritualistic orgies involving dozens of people has now been discredited.
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While I won't go so far as to say it's all a conspiracy to keep those less socialised than us out, the language of academia is part of a system which Bourdieu describes as ritualistic as religion.
thinking with my fingers Torill 2002
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Further questions have been raised over the death of an MI6 officer after police confirmed that reports of bondage equipment found at his flat and a "ritualistic" arrangement of his possessions were untrue.
Bondage claims over dead MI6 officer untrue, say police 2010
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In fact, Bonhoeffer used the phrase to suggest the kind of ritualistic and over-intellectualized faith that had failed to prevent the rise of Hitler.
Belief In Action Joseph Loconte 2010
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Grand Central Arena of the title which the crew of the Holy Grail discovers instead of the stars is a very, very old place, wondrous and awesome but dangerous and "ritualistic" too, with many alien races at various privilege and development states mingling under some rules strictly enforced by ultra-powerful beings.
"Grand Central Arena" by Ryk Spoor (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2010
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Contrary to some reports, three mobile phone sim cards found in the flat were not arranged in a "ritualistic" manner, a Metropolitan police spokesman told the Guardian.
Bondage claims over dead MI6 officer untrue, say police 2010
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