[
UK
/ɹˈɪtʃuːəlˌɪzəm/
]
NOUN
- the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
- exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
How To Use ritualism In A Sentence
- It had come home in the form of drugs and broken vets, a generation turning to spiritualism and mystic cults.
- Hasn't magick and spiritualism always been around, under the guises of many religions and beliefs?
- He presents us with a feel-good spiritualism without any specific obligations.
- In order to reach their goals for conversion, they actively coerced the children into condemning their traditional religiosity and spiritualism as ungodly rites, rituals, and idolatry.
- Concomitantly, there has been a shift from religion to spiritualisms manifested in a trend toward syncretism and the simultaneous identification with different traditions.
- And anyway, how can you justify spending money and manpower on keeping alive such a fatally old-fashioned ritualism ? ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
- Spiritualism, pan-animism, metempsychosis and reincarnation were at the radical end of a spectrum, but wide consensus existed for accepting evolution as a creed of progress.
- Can you tell me something about the ritualism associated with this murder? TROPIC OF NIGHT
- Ritualism is normal toddler behavior.
- Erika dabbled in spiritualism, and claimed to be a medium. SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND