ancient ritual

collocation in English

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ancient
adjective
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/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/us
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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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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(Definition ofancientandritualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also provides important clues about how theancientritualmight have been carried out.
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Someancientritualsites, apparently tied to iron working and all of its ritual mystifications, functioned as central foci of cultural identity, political legitimacy and economic production.
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It is nothing more than a survival ofancientritual.
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Salamanda is one of the victims of anancientritualwhich requires squeezing a special baby's head from birth so it looks abnormally deformed.
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Anancientritualof renaming the deceased as she or he is laid into the earth is also practiced.
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Yajna is anancientritualof offering and sublimating the havana smagri (herbal preparations) in the fire.
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The origins of thisancientritualare unknown, but written records held by the team go back to the middle of the nineteenth century.
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Anancientritualof pagan origin consisted of a blessing of the earth, the water, and the candles, coinciding with the coming of spring.
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Thisancientritualwas a form of subjugation by which the defeated had to bow and pass under a yoke used for oxen.
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The festival may originate from anancientritualpaying respect to the water spirits.
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Thisancientritualof pagan origin was performed in order to prevent rabies.
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This is an area where people continue a way of life steeped inancientritualwhich is scarcely known to the western world and hence rarely visited by foreigners.
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He remarked that the "perchtenlaufen" was undoubtedly a remnant of theancientritualbattles which he believed had originally been based around the fertility of the crops.
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What survived ofancientritualpractice tended to be related to "filidhecht", the traditional repertoire of the "filidh", or to the central institution of sacral kingship.
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Ancient rituals, whereby conflicts were resolved without reference to the council, were now perceived as a threat and a danger.
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Anancientritualis renewed, instituted by testament in 1588, with the distribution to every participant to the religious celebration of one piece of bread and fifth of wine.
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His father practiced ancient rituals in the belief that it would help him become even more successful.
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A place of meeting where ancient rituals are performed, it is also a place of refuge for many in times of danger.
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Before he leaves he does something involving ancient rituals and secret equations to become one with the cosmos.
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