ritualism

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The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out
Schaff-Herzog Encyc
the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
{i} advocacy of practicing rites or rituals; study of rituals and religious ceremonies
and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused
A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual
exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI
(b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England
exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
Specifically : (a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc
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one rigidly adhering to institutional procedures
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one excessively concerned with religious ritual
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one skilled in ritual
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In the manner of a ritual
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{n} one skilled in religious ceremonies
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One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism
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a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms
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{s} advocating the practice of rites or rituals; expert on rituals and religious ceremonies
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{i} advocate of practicing rites or rituals; one who studies rituals and religious ceremonies
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{s} advocating ritualism, advocating the practice of rites or rituals; in accordance with a rite or ritual
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Ritualistic actions or behaviour follow a similar pattern every time they are used. Each evening she bursts into her apartment with a ritualistic shout of `Honey I'm home!'
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Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism
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of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"
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Ritualistic acts are the fixed patterns of behaviour that form part of a religious service or ceremony. the meditative and ritualistic practices of Buddhism. ritualistic words or behaviour always follow the same pattern, especially because they form part of a ritual
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Of or relating to habitual behavior
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of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep
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Done in the manner of a ritual
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ceremoniously, according to the rules of a ritual
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Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner
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