英语词汇“ritual”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	ritual
释义	rit·u·al I. \ˈrich(ə)wəl, -chəl\ adjective Etymology: Latin ritualis, from ritus rite + -alis -al — more at rite : of, relating to, or employed in rites or a ritual : forming a ritual : ceremonial < a ritual dance of Haiti — Nicolas Slonimsky > < the kind of material and the kind of knot have great ritual importance — N.F.Busch > < relatives and most ardent disciples, paying their ritual calls — Time > < our favorite ritual phrases — James Blish > < sedate little colonial tribe, with its ritual tea parties and tennis parties — Nadine Gordimer > II. noun (-s) 1. : the forms of conducting a devotional service especially as established by tradition or by sacerdotal prescription : the prescribed order and words of a religious ceremony < the rain ritual is simple — M.A.Jaspan > < thus the religion becomes more and more of an empty ritual — C.W.Thayer > 2. a. : a code or system of rites (as of a fraternal society) < the opposition party is compelled by parliamentary ritual to vote no — V.O.Key > b. : any practice done or regularly repeated in a set precise manner so as to satisfy one's sense of fitness and often felt to have a symbolic or quasi-symbolic significance < busy among her pots and pans, making a ritual of her household duties — W.S.Maugham > < essential to reach a cave round the next headland where she would sit down facing the sea before she thought about anything — thus making a little ritual against despair — Audrey Barker > 3. a. : a book containing the rites or ceremonial forms to be observed by an organization (as a church or fraternal society) b. : the verbal formulas of ritual 4. : an act of ritual < to take your girl to the flicks on Saturday night is a ritual — John Berger > < the neurotic is isolated by his very rituals — David Riesman > < the elaborate rituals of present-day medicine — Journal American Medical Association > Synonyms: see form
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