ritual

  • (a) of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
    • ritual killing
  • (a) 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

Nouns

  • (n) any customary observance or practice rite,
  • (n) the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  • (n) stereotyped behavior

Synonyms

rite

Words of close approximity

ritual dance ritual dancing ritualise ritualism ritualist ritualistic ritualize ritual killing ritually