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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 >
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