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ritual

/rich-oo-uhl/US // ˈrɪtʃ u əl //UK // (ˈrɪtjʊəl) //

仪式,仪式感,礼仪,宗教仪式

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
    • : a system or collection of religious or other rites.
    • : observance of set forms in public worship.
    • : a book of rites or ceremonies.
    • : a book containing the offices to be used by priests in administering the sacraments and for visitation of the sick, burial of the dead, etc.
    • : a prescribed or established rite, ceremony, proceeding, or service: the ritual of the dead.
    • : prescribed, established, or ceremonial acts or features collectively, as in religious services.
    • : any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.
    • : a prescribed code of behavior regulating social conduct, as that exemplified by the raising of one's hat or the shaking of hands in greeting.
    • : Psychiatry. a specific act, as hand-washing, performed repetitively to a pathological degree, occurring as a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or practiced as a rite or ritual: a ritual dance.
    • : of or relating to rites or ritual: ritual laws.

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Examples

  • Scans hint at Egyptian ritual in the snake, which had rock structures in its open mouth, possibly the mineral natron used by ancient Egyptians to slow decomposition.

  • Another viewing feels fitting, like the conclusion to a ritual.

  • Many people, for instance, are turning to their immediate family members to fill that ritual void.

  • A connection may have existed between human sacrificial ceremonies that were intended to appease Inca deities and events held at Lake Titicaca, including the submerging of ritual offerings, the researchers suggest.

  • Ancient Americans ventured deep into caves along a stretch of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula to mine a red pigment that could have had both practical and ritual uses, researchers say.

  • The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.

  • What ritual did some celebrities start engaging in over the summer?

  • Kanchanaburi, Thailand — At the Kanchanaburi train station each morning, the same ritual unfolds.

  • Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.

  • The line of questioning is a regular ritual conducted between Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the press corps.

  • Upon seeing the said ritual, I ordered it to be published, and it was done on the day of Sts.

  • Organisation ensues, and the general conceptions of state-deities and state-ritual are made more definite and precise.

  • Once again temples are shut and marriages forbidden, but the ritual is of a very different nature.

  • In the matter of ritual and observance, state-organisation—and its absence—are alike significant.

  • There he saw the ceremony of ordination performed, and expressed warm approbation of the Anglican ritual.