ritual
pronunciation
How to pronounce ritual in British English:
UK [ˈrɪtʃuəl]
How to pronounce ritual in American English:
US [ˈrɪtʃuəl]
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- Noun:
- any customary observance or practice
- the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
- stereotyped behavior
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
- of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals
Word Origin
- ritual
- ritual: [16] Ritual was borrowed from Latin rītuālis, a derivative of rītus ‘religious or other ceremony or practice’ (from which, via Old French rite, English gets rite [14]). It may have been related to Sanskrit rīti- ‘going, way, custom’.=> rite
- ritual (adj.)
- 1560s, from Middle French ritual or directly from Latin ritualis "relating to (religious) rites," from ritus "rite" (see rite). Related: Ritually.
- ritual (nj.)
- 1640s, from ritual (adj.).
Example
- 1. A tired diplomatic ritual will play out once again .
- 2. Develop a transition ritual between work and home .
- 3. Plus , this ritual gives me a reason to get out of bed and get my day started .
- 4. Mr cheney asked what the ritual meant .
- 5. Create a ritual around this goal .