Definition of Ritual

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Ritual

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.

Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.

A book containing the rites to be observed.

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Ritual Quotations

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.
Marshall McLuhan

Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.
Ken Kesey

We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me, and that's been our ritual since we got married. And we read the newspapers in bed and drink coffee for about an hour probably, read our briefing papers.
Laura Bush

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.
Augusten Burroughs

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
Xun Zi

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
Xun Zi

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
Xun Zi

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.
Xun Zi

Music is a gut thing. You're working in a medium which is more in touch with the primal than the modern. A gig is a ritual. There's a congregation.
Siobhan Fahey

Ritual Translations

ritual in Dutch is ritueel
ritual in French is rituel
ritual in German is rituell
ritual in Italian is usanza, rito
ritual in Spanish is usanza, ritual
ritual in Swedish is ritual, rituell

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