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US
/ˌɹɪtʃuəˈɫɪstɪk/
]
[ UK /ɹˌɪtʃuːəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ UK /ɹˌɪtʃuːəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
the ritualistic killing of a sheep
a feudal or ritualistic society
How To Use ritualistic In A Sentence
- Again, the music's mood is ritualistic and almost fiercely celebratory.
- Because of this the martial disciplines are linked with a fixed set up of ritualistic procedures and are often performed within a monastic and rigid code of conduct.
- But the publisher I had at the time (the late Mr. George Bentley) assured me that if I wrote another 'spiritualistic' book, I should lose the public hearing I had just gained. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance
- It is customary, almost ritualistic, to conclude a paper like this with a call for more research, to broaden the sample, and so on.
- It is ironic that in an issue devoted to the preservation of salmon you glorify the ritualistic hunting and consumption of them.
- spiritualistic" one; in which ghosts, demons, quacks, philosophers 'stones, enchanters' wands, mysteries and mummeries, were as fashionable -- as they will probably be again some day. The Ancien Regime
- The story has a tribal storyteller style to it and is almost ritualistic in places - what prompted this?
- In response, the pointer allegedly moves in such a way as to spell out or point to a spiritualistic and telepathic answer on the board.
- Today, Noreum-Machi will stage a captivating virtuosic percussion performance known as Samulnori, a modernized stage adaption of p'ungmul nori, which is a ritualistic celebration which originated from shamanism and animism and which is performed by rice farmers. Latest News
- The ritualistic killings were not solved for some months. Times, Sunday Times