单词	ritually
释义	ritualritual2 ●○○ adjective [only before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINritual2 Origin: 1500-1600 Latin ritualis, from ritus; ➔ RITE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES ritual campaign promises ritual prayers EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Not quirky little ritual habit-forming, like throwing a pinch of spilled salt over your shoulder, but slow suicide habit-forming. Other kids had histories of ritual abuse. Prestige was allotted according to the principles of the ritual cycle. Tathir, the ritual purification of the social body, requires the destruction of the first and the confinement of the second. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► initiation rite/ritual  initiation rituals for young boys at puberty ► satanic ritual/cult/rite  The children were abused as part of a satanic ritual. ► solemn ritual/ceremony COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► abuse · In particular, he denounced the accusations of child-murder and ritual abuse which became standard elements in Viennese demonology in that decade.· Other kids had histories of ritual abuse.· The subject is questioning if satanic ritual abuse is fact or fantasy.· The book is a very powerful communication on ritual abuse and its effects.· The Reachout Trust prepared a paper on how to spot symptoms of satanic ritual abuse in children.· It is not known if the original allegations of satanic ritual abuse came from this source.· They were after signs of ritual abuse. ► dance · Other heroic figures which figure in the monthly ritual dances are equipped in the same way.· Viv Richards shows his reaction at Gower's exit as the ritual dance begins. ► sacrifice · I was beginning to feel like a ritual sacrifice.· Studying economics was more a ritual sacrifice.· The livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global markets.· I felt I was being dressed for ritual sacrifice and looked for bloodstains on the gloves.· All that's missing is the ritual sacrifice-the fatted calf.· When it is made the object of ritual sacrifice, its extraordinary power is made part of an orderly ritual. 1done as part of a rite or ritual:  ritual dances2done in a fixed and expected way, but without real meaning or sincerity:  The police issued the usual ritual apology.—ritually adverb:  Animals are brought in and ritually slaughtered.
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