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Definition of ritualistic in English: ritualisticadjective ˌrɪtʃʊəˈlɪstɪk 1Relating to or characteristic of rituals followed as part of a religious or solemn ceremony. a ritualistic act of worship Example sentencesExamples - There is a short feature on the difference between voodoo and hoodoo, which illuminates how one is an organized religion, and the other is a ritualistic practice of magic.
- The ancient Maya were imagined as a prehistoric, mysterious, ritualistic cult, ineluctably estranged from European historical and philosophical systems.
- Every detail of life here is ritualistic, spiritual, and imbued with meaning, even the empty rooms of Marie's house.
- The poet's ritualistic performance, however, does not simply imitate a traditional daily Mass.
- In India, the great 12 th-century poet-mystic Basava, who rebelled against ritualistic and superstitious temple worship and caste system, was a critical insider.
- Sculptures, a sarcophagus, jewellery, furniture, ritualistic objects and tableware from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East and the European Dark Ages will be available for sale.
- Designed for specific, often ritualistic uses in a traditional culture, these objects are prized as fine works of art by Western collectors, galleries and museums.
- Catholicism is the most ritualistic of America's major religions, but viewers saw little of the power in this ritual.
- Besides these formal organizations, Filipinos gather with others from their province for ritualistic and religious ceremonies and festivals.
- Ukrainians are ritualistic and religious in their funeral rites as well.
- There are tears in his eyes, as though this is some sort of ritualistic experience for him.
- The City was enmeshed in ritualistic and religious concepts.
- It previously would take place with beautiful traditional ceremonies and secret ritualistic sacrifices to the ancestors.
- The story has a tribal storyteller style to it and is almost ritualistic in places - what prompted this?
- Of the endless variety of ritualistic folk dances, many have magical significance and are connected with ancient cults.
- Because of this the martial disciplines are linked with a fixed set up of ritualistic procedures and are often performed within a monastic and rigid code of conduct.
Synonyms ceremonial, prescribed, set, formal, stately, solemn, dignified, celebratory, sacramental, liturgical - 1.1 Invariably performed in the same way.
the party's ritualistic display of support for their leader Example sentencesExamples - Another example is the ritualistic question asked at the end of job interviews, ‘Have you any questions?’
- Reeling from disastrous results in the local and European elections, some elements in the party have resorted to a ritualistic blaming of the Progressive Democrats for their woes.
- Again, the music's mood is ritualistic and almost fiercely celebratory.
- It is customary, almost ritualistic, to conclude a paper like this with a call for more research, to broaden the sample, and so on.
- He's built on one aspect, kind of a ritualistic and performative quality in Duncan's work.
- The dance, despite being ‘new age,’ was just vaguely traditional and almost ritualistic.
- With their origins in guerrilla street performance and ritualistic collective improvisations staged at various Tokyo-area temples, the band's formative years seemed destined to remain in the shadows.
- It is ironic that in an issue devoted to the preservation of salmon you glorify the ritualistic hunting and consumption of them.
Synonyms traditional, established, long-established, long-standing, long-lived, old-time, historic, age-old, folk, old-world, ancestral, enduring, lasting
Derivatives noun ˈrɪtʃʊəlɪstˈrɪtʃ(u)əˌlɪst The 1661 Prayer Book roughly followed 1559, and was uniformly used until the 20th cent., though Anglo-catholic ritualists often illegally used Tridentine rites in English. Example sentencesExamples - These people concerned themselves primarily with defending their standpoint and attempting to refute what they saw as the absurd claims and practices of both ritualists and non-materialists alike.
- Now, don't misunderstand me: We need ritualists and liturgists who can preserve the outer forms of our religion, and re-invent them as time goes by, so that we neither lose our traditional roots nor become mired in them.
- I'm sure more experienced ritualists can come up with something more complex and just as effective.
adverbrɪtʃʊəˈlɪstɪkliˌrɪtʃ(u)əˈlɪstək(ə)li Our class decided that when it comes to food, we behave most ritualistically with breakfast. Example sentencesExamples - Are the leaders of the past ritualistically remembered just during anniversaries, only to be forgotten for the rest of the year?
- Perhaps he misjudged his audience, who had just sat through complete darkness and ritualistically lit candles fairly enthusiastically.
- But most expressed their sorrow ritualistically, and so it is to these rituals we must look if we wish to discover who they were and how they really felt about matters of life and death.
- The stage is ritualistically transformed by the presence of a shrine and offerings to the gods on one corner of the stage, and by the performance of the opening item, usually referred to in programs as ‘an invocatory item’.
Definition of ritualistic in US English: ritualisticadjectiveˈˌriCH(əw)əˈlistik 1Relating to or characteristic of rituals followed as part of a religious or solemn ceremony. a ritualistic act of worship Example sentencesExamples - It previously would take place with beautiful traditional ceremonies and secret ritualistic sacrifices to the ancestors.
- Designed for specific, often ritualistic uses in a traditional culture, these objects are prized as fine works of art by Western collectors, galleries and museums.
- There is a short feature on the difference between voodoo and hoodoo, which illuminates how one is an organized religion, and the other is a ritualistic practice of magic.
- The poet's ritualistic performance, however, does not simply imitate a traditional daily Mass.
- Sculptures, a sarcophagus, jewellery, furniture, ritualistic objects and tableware from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East and the European Dark Ages will be available for sale.
- The story has a tribal storyteller style to it and is almost ritualistic in places - what prompted this?
- The ancient Maya were imagined as a prehistoric, mysterious, ritualistic cult, ineluctably estranged from European historical and philosophical systems.
- In India, the great 12 th-century poet-mystic Basava, who rebelled against ritualistic and superstitious temple worship and caste system, was a critical insider.
- Ukrainians are ritualistic and religious in their funeral rites as well.
- Because of this the martial disciplines are linked with a fixed set up of ritualistic procedures and are often performed within a monastic and rigid code of conduct.
- Every detail of life here is ritualistic, spiritual, and imbued with meaning, even the empty rooms of Marie's house.
- Of the endless variety of ritualistic folk dances, many have magical significance and are connected with ancient cults.
- There are tears in his eyes, as though this is some sort of ritualistic experience for him.
- The City was enmeshed in ritualistic and religious concepts.
- Catholicism is the most ritualistic of America's major religions, but viewers saw little of the power in this ritual.
- Besides these formal organizations, Filipinos gather with others from their province for ritualistic and religious ceremonies and festivals.
Synonyms ceremonial, prescribed, set, formal, stately, solemn, dignified, celebratory, sacramental, liturgical - 1.1 Invariably performed in the same way.
the party's ritualistic display of support for their leader Example sentencesExamples - With their origins in guerrilla street performance and ritualistic collective improvisations staged at various Tokyo-area temples, the band's formative years seemed destined to remain in the shadows.
- It is ironic that in an issue devoted to the preservation of salmon you glorify the ritualistic hunting and consumption of them.
- The dance, despite being ‘new age,’ was just vaguely traditional and almost ritualistic.
- It is customary, almost ritualistic, to conclude a paper like this with a call for more research, to broaden the sample, and so on.
- He's built on one aspect, kind of a ritualistic and performative quality in Duncan's work.
- Another example is the ritualistic question asked at the end of job interviews, ‘Have you any questions?’
- Again, the music's mood is ritualistic and almost fiercely celebratory.
- Reeling from disastrous results in the local and European elections, some elements in the party have resorted to a ritualistic blaming of the Progressive Democrats for their woes.
Synonyms traditional, established, long-established, long-standing, long-lived, old-time, historic, age-old, folk, old-world, ancestral, enduring, lasting
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