ritualism
noun[U]
uk/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈrɪtʃ.u.əl.ɪ.zəm/religionspecialized(alsoRitualism)
thepracticeof usingfixedactionsand words,especiallyaspartofreligiousceremonies:
Hecriticizesthebishopsforactingagainst ritualism.
Theriseof Ritualism in the secondhalfof the nineteenthcenturypromptedthe firstsplitin theProtestantEpiscopalChurch.
a way ofbehavingin which the sameactionsare done in the same way everytime, often without muchthoughtabout why:
He is veryawareof thedangerofbureaucraticritualism.
Sometoddlersexpressapreferencefor the ritualism ofeatingonetypeoffoodfor severaldaysat atime.
- Is this justreligiousritualism?
- Itledto Anglo-Catholicism and ritualism, and hasremainedinfluentialincertainquartersofAnglicanism.
- The ritualism ofkarateevokeshundreds ofyearsofhistory.
- The ritualisminherentin thisseriesofattacksseemsveryimportantto theoffender.
Religious practices
- agarbatti
- allocution
- anoint
- anointment
- baptize
- evangelize
- faith healing
- flagellate
- flagellation
- fleishig
- genuflect
- proselyte
- proselytize
- prostration
- purdah
- rebaptize
- reborn
- sanctify
- unbaptized
- unction
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Habitual behaviour