SkyfireDict

ritual   (TTS Sound)

The noun ritual has 3 senses

• ritual, rite -- (any customary observance or practice)


• ritual -- (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)


• ritual -- (stereotyped behavior)

The adj ritual has 2 senses

• ritual -- (of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing")


• ritual -- (of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer)