ritual specialist
collocation in Englishmeaningsofritualandspecialist
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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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specialist
noun[C]
uk/ˈspeʃ.əl.ɪst/us/ˈspeʃ.əl.ɪst/
someone who has a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a ...
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(Definition ofritualandspecialistfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, as noted earlier, the power derived from religious ritual performance and from the identity of aritualspecialistis not absolute.
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Interchangeable vehicles of gifts and sacred forces varied from charms, witch-substance, relics and shrines, or the body of theritualspecialisthim/herself.
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Via ritual repetition and performance, the identity of theritualspecialistwas established and imbued with meaning and authority.
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All members of government were invested with their power under the auspices of aritualspecialist.
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Another methods for dealing with a ghost is to bring in aritualspecialistrecite incantations, cau chu, in order to make the ghost leave.
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This suggests that differences related to such knowledge and power may be enough to set ritual specialists apart from others within their households and communities.
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This contrast in ritual roles is still visible today in existing hierarchies of ritual specialists.
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Even though some ceremonies took place at sacred sites such as temples,71 service organizers never invited ritual specialists to perform religious ceremonies.
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From this perspective, ritual specialists who found judicial evidence in the suspect's body through ordeal or autopsy illustrated the monstrous, regressive state of local politics.
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Transformation, beginning through the agency of persons-the ritual specialists and mourners-is continued by trees and by the ancestral land.
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Another reason for shifts in local configurations of religious practice was the ' relative deprivation ', in many localities, of ritual specialists.
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In such circumstances, people frequently take their cases to ritual specialists, who divine the threats to harmony and recommend appropriate action.
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They were traditionally carved by ritual specialists according to strict rules, which, if broken, would result in the deaths of the carver and the chief.
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They have ritual specialists and rainmakers ("sid mumun" and "sid bish"), who perform divination and healing ceremonies in huts called "swal shwomo".
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This oral literature is recited during ceremonies conducted by priestesses, who serve as ritual specialists, faith healers and spirit mediums.
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Most people were farmers; other were fishers, weavers, potters, artisans, armorers, and ritual specialists.
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The "piri" player often switches to "taepyeongso", producing a louder sound so that his own group of ritual specialists can follow the music better.
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