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The study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
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ritualism
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Word definitions for ritualism in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ritualism \Rit"u*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. ritualisme.] A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual. Specifically : The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
Usage examples of ritualism.
Or, if the Protestants of all classes would abandon their contemptuous attitude towards so-called ecclesiasticism and ritualism, and criticise themselves, saying: We have had too much confidence in human reason and human words.
This type of compulsiveness and strange ritualism amidst such a frenzy of disorganized mayhem said to me that my prey had some deep and long-term psychological problems.
The romantic in me responded to the pageantry of a parade, to the tribal ritualism of ceremonies that marked anniversaries or comradeships formed long ago on distant battlefields.