- ritual
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ ancient, primitive▪ traditional▪ daily, nightly▪ Sunday, etc.▪ family▪
Eating around the table was a family ritual that could not be broken.
▪ tribal▪ little▪A cognac before bed is one of our little nightly rituals.
▪ elaborate, solemn▪ bizarre, strange▪ empty▪Bargaining at the markets is now just an empty ritual.
▪ secret▪secret rituals in the sacred forest
▪ magical, religious▪ public, social▪ sacred▪ Catholic, Hindu, Jewish, etc.▪ pagan, satanic, shamanic, voodoo▪ burial, cleansing, courtship, fertility, funerary, healing, initiation, mating, mourning, purification▪ hazing (AmE)VERB + RITUAL▪ conduct, do, enact, go through, hold, perform▪She had to go through the ritual of kissing the toys before her son would go to sleep.
▪rituals performed by druids on Midsummer's Day
▪ undergo▪Boys undergo a circumcision ritual to usher them into adulthood.
▪ follow, observe, practise/practice▪Their funerals follow the rituals of the Catholic church.
▪They practise/practice certain rituals in connection with rites of passage.
▪ complete▪It takes several days to complete the ritual.
▪ begin▪Jake began the evening ritual of asking about everyone's day.
▪ make▪He makes an elaborate ritual of washing the car.
▪ become▪Her visits to her aged father have become a ritual.
RITUAL + VERB▪ take placePREPOSITION▪ in a/the ritual▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Women's roles in the rituals of many religions have been limited.
adj.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
