anti-ritualism
noun[U]
religionspecialized(alsoantiritualism)uk/ˌæn.tiˈrɪ.tʃu.əl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.taɪˈrɪ.tʃu.əl.ɪ.zəm/beliefsthat areopposedtoritualism(= thepracticeof usingfixedactionsand words,especiallyaspartofreligiousceremonies):
Protestantsreactedbyembracinganti-ritualism.
the anti-ritualism of the earlySikhtradition
- The anti-ritualism of America’s earlysettlerscarriedon through the 18thcentury.
- This hadprovidedmuch of themomentumof anti-ritualism at the end of the nineteenth-century
- Thepoliticalgroundof anti-ritualismshiftedat theturnof thecentury, withConservativeAnglicansat theforefrontof thecampaignagainst the HighChurchparty.
Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- ceremony
- commemorate
- dub
- induction
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- nuptials
- pageant
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- salute
- troop