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# ritual

noun (a ritual, rituals); adjective (ritual)

«ritual» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A set of actions always done in the same way and order, especially as part of a religious ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m1)
2. Something a person or family always does in the same way, like a habit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m2)
3. (adjective) Done as part of a ceremony or out of habit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m3)

### In the lessons

In religion and history lessons, rituals include baptism, prayers, festivals, ancient burial and harvest ceremonies; in church, Christians share rituals such as communion. In everyday life, a bedtime story or a team chant before a match is a ritual. Phrases: a bedtime ritual, religious ritual, ritual dance.

### Examples

- Lighting candles is part of the ritual in many churches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x1)
- Our bedtime ritual is a bath, a story and a cuddle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x2)
- The ancient Egyptians had rituals for burying their kings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x3)
- Every Saturday, Dad's ritual is pancakes and the football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x4)
- The team does a ritual handshake before each game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x5)
- Baptism is an important Christian ritual. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x6)
- To her was intrusted the office of convoking the assembly of the gods, and she was also mistress of ritual and ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Related: rite (a single ceremony) and ritually (adverb). Not the same as habit, although an everyday ritual can be a habit with a special meaning.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a set religious practice; in this source it refers to ceremonies of a magical tradition, not the Torah's own commands.

**Interpretation.** Some modern writers link Sefer Yetzirah to mystical practices, though the tradition treats it as a book of Creation.

### Examples

- Hermetic rituals explain this Yetziratic attri- bution. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ritual/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Related: rite (a single ceremony) and ritually (adverb). Not the same as habit, although an everyday ritual can be a habit with a special meaning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ritual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ritual» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ritual.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ritual» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ritual/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ritual» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ritual.html) on Mova free.