ritual activity

collocation in English

meaningsofritualandactivity

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ritual
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/us
/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl/
a way of doing something in which the same actions are done in the same way ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofritualandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In fact,ritualactivityis one of the primary indicators of status differentiation among domestic groups.
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But, however much we protest thatritualactivityretained its importance across this transition, it is difficult to show how this happened.
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Variation in the content of these assemblages is used to identify the degree ofritualactivityand the function of each structure.
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Ritualactivitycan sometimes be a matter of unthinking repetition, while sometimes it is a strategic re-invention.
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The cessation ofritualactivityinvolving these objects was marked by the deposition of the canid skeleton in the bottom of the pit.
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The transformation from common activity intoritualactivityis paramount to an understanding of shamanism.
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Second, there are many other learning contexts where comparablyritualactivitymay arise, at least during the early stages of institutional instruction.
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This discussion is interlaced with twentieth-century ethnographic data relating to political andritualactivity, including initiation schools.
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To be effective in anyritualactivity, a cross shrine must consist of three crosses.
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Asteraceae, a family that provides numerous genera of flowers, may be related toritualactivityor adornment of elite domestic areas.
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In the former the integration of the system seems to have taken place around ceremonial andritualactivity which in some way carried economic practices along with it.
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The special case of gospel rap presents a powerful embodiment of symbolic reproduction in its deployment ofritualactivity, each symbol encompassing multiple, often contradictory meanings.
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It is aritualactivitythat many have fond memories of and there is a nostalgia to having a real tree.
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They served a range of purposes and were variously tribal centres, defended places, foci ofritualactivity, and places of production.
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The clay images are, nonetheless, essential to the performance of theritualactivity.
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