ritual

  • 21ritual — (adj.) 1560s, from L. ritualis relating to (religious) rites, from ritus rite (see RITE (Cf. rite)). The noun is first recorded 1640s …

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  • 22ritual — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo a ritos. • s. m. 2. Livro que contém a forma das cerimônias que se devem observar no culto e as orações que se devem dizer. 3.  [Figurado] Cerimonial; etiqueta …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 23ritual — rite, liturgy, ceremonial, ceremony, *form, formality …

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  • 24ritual — [n] ceremony, tradition act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype,… …

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  • 25ritual — ritually, adv. /rich ooh euhl/, n. 1. an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite. 2. a system or collection of religious or other rites. 3. observance of set forms in public worship. 4. a book of rites or ceremonies. 5.… …

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  • 26Ritual — For other uses, see Ritual (disambiguation). Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London. A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions… …

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  • 27Ritual — Ein Ritual (von lateinisch ritualis: „den Ritus betreffend“) ist eine nach vorgegebenen Regeln ablaufende, meist formelle und oft feierlich festliche Handlung mit hohem Symbolgehalt. Sie wird häufig von bestimmten Wortformeln und festgelegten… …

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  • 28ritual — 01. Many of these [rituals] were practiced by the people long before Christianity came to the region. 02. The festival ends with the [ritual] killing of a goat in many households. 03. In the time of the Aztecs, priests performed a [ritual] in… …

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  • 29ritual — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ancient, primitive ▪ traditional ▪ daily, nightly ▪ Sunday, etc …

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  • 30ritual — [[t]rɪ̱tʃuəl[/t]] rituals 1) N VAR A ritual is a religious service or other ceremony which involves a series of actions performed in a fixed order. This is the most ancient, and holiest of the Shinto rituals... These ceremonies were already part… …

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