ritual
Of or relating to the performance of rites. Of an action or practice: of the nature of or constituting a rite. Of, relating to, or constituting a psychological ritual. Later more generally: habitual, customary. A ritual act or ceremonial observance. Also in later use: an action or series of actions regularly or habitually repeated. A compulsive act or routine, the non-performance of which results in tension and anxiety.
The performance of ritual acts. Also in later use: repeated actions or patterns of behavior having significance within a particular social group.
ritual abuse (n.)
abusive language of a formulaic or repetitive type; (b) harm inflicted in a ritualized or repetitive manner.
ritual bath (n.)
a bath which forms part of a purificatory ritual.
ritual dance (n.)
(a type of) dance performed as part of a ritual.
ritual killing (n.)
the action of killing in a ritual way, typically as an offering to God or a god; an instance of this.
ritual magic (n.)
magic performed as part of, or in the manner of, a ritual
ritual meal (n. )
a meal consumed as part of, or in the manner of, a ritual.
