| 单词 | ritual |
| 释义 | ritual (once / 708 pages) nadj A ritual is a ceremony or action performed in a customary way. Your family might have a Saturday night ritual of eating a big spaghetti dinner and then taking a long walk to the ice cream shop. As an adjective, ritual means "conforming to religious rites," which are the sacred, customary ways of celebrating a religion or culture. Different communities have different ritual practices, like meditation in Buddhism, or baptism in Christianity. We also call the ceremony itself a ritual. Although it comes from religious ceremonies, ritual can also be used for any time-honored tradition, like the Superbowl, or Mardi Gras, or Sunday morning pancake breakfast. WORD FAMILYritual: ritualise, ritualism, ritualize, ritually, rituals+/rite: rites, ritual/ritualise: ritualised/ritualism: ritualisms, ritualist, ritualistic/ritualist: ritualists/ritualistic: ritualistically/ritualize: ritualized USAGE EXAMPLESAt this point I felt that these rituals were almost too much. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) But this public ritual is by no means confined to celebrities. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Sometimes the story, in all its magnificent ridiculousness, seems like mere scaffolding, propping up the ritual of the performance. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies Hypo|Hyper ablution the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels celebration, solemnisation, solemnizationthe public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual Communion, Holy Communion, manduction, sacramental manductionthe act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist intercommunionparticipation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox) pattern, practice a customary way of operation or behavior 2n any customary observance or practice Syn|Hypo|Hyper rite betrothal, espousal the act of becoming betrothed or engaged marriage, marriage ceremony, weddingthe act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony rite of passagea ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood) bridal, espousalarchaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast civil marriagea marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman love matcha marriage for love's sake; not an arranged marriage remarriagethe act of marrying again custom, usage, usance accepted or habitual practice 3n stereotyped behavior Hyper habit, use (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition 4adj of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals ritual killing 5adj 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 |
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