unritualisticadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrɪtʃʊəˈlɪstɪk/, /(ˌ)ʌnrɪtʃᵿˈlɪstɪk/, /(ˌ)ʌnrɪtʃlˈɪstɪk/, /(ˌ)ʌnrɪtjʊəˈlɪstɪk/, /(ˌ)ʌnrɪtjᵿˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˌrɪtʃ(əw)əˈlɪstɪk/ Not ritualistic.
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1856 Ecclesiastic 18 48 The un-ritualistic Guardian, the cold and critical Clerical Journal.
1876 W. Alexander Bampton Lect. (1877) 6 A religion, tolerant, unritualistic, and unsectarian.
1907 Amer. Anthropologist 9 668 The California Indians are distinctly unritualistic.
1981 R. Davies Rebel Angels (1983) 23 A Protestant of some unritualistic sect.
2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 381/2 Its central commandment of love practised in a quite unritualistic way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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