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ritual

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Adjective

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

of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
- ritual killing

Noun

stereotyped behavior

the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

any customary observance or practice

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