nnoun.actany customary observance or practiceSynset:rite
Derivationally Related Form:ritualritualize
Hypernyms:custom usage usance
Inherited Hypernyms:ritualcustompracticeactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ritualcustomsurvivalcontinuanceactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:betrothalespousalmarriagemarriage ceremonyrite of passagewedding
Part Meronyms:ceremonial dance ritual dance ritual dancing
Full Hyponyms:betrothalbridalcivil marriagelove matchmarriageremarriagerite of passage
nnoun.actthe prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremoniesDerivationally Related Form:ritualritualize
Hypernyms:pattern practice
Inherited Hypernyms:ritualpracticeactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:CommunionHoly Communionablutioncelebrationmanductionsacramental manductionsolemnisationsolemnization
Full Hyponyms:ablutioncelebrationcommunionintercommunion
nnoun.actstereotyped behaviorDerivationally Related Form:ritual
Hypernyms:habit use
Inherited Hypernyms:ritualhabitcustompracticeactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ritualhabitcustomsurvivalcontinuanceactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
adjadj.pertof or relating to or characteristic of religious ritualsDerivationally Related Form:riteritual
Pertainyms:religious rite
Inherited Hypernyms:ritual
adjadj.pertof or relating to or employed in social rites or ritualsExamples:- a ritual dance of Haiti
- sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties - Nadine Gordimer
Derivationally Related Form:riteritual
Pertainyms:rite
Inherited Hypernyms:ritual