[
UK
/ɹˈɪtʃuːəli/
]
ADVERB
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in a ceremonial manner
he was ceremonially sworn in as President
How To Use ritually In A Sentence
- I was pleasantly surprised to see him shown in such a spiritually redeeming light.
- Unlike English, Latin has two words for 'father': genitor, meaning 'begetter', and pater, meaning 'father' in a spiritually fuller sense. The Feast of St. Joseph
- In some non-Western cultures, schizophrenic delusions single out the person as spiritually gifted.
- On the other hand, I feel so clearly a certain nearness, spiritually and psychologically, to Henry Stuartwell, I guess there is even an emotional counterpart, too. Sonny Brewer - An interview with author
- In 7th century India members of the Thug cult would ritually strangle passers-by as sacrifices to the Hindu deity, Kali.
- When someone died, the kahuna aumakau (priest of the appropriate ancestral deity) of the dead person came and ritually sacrificed a pig or a chicken to ensure that the soul would live with its ancestors.
- The feudal system is cloistered and I welcomed the change as it gave me a chance to grow emotionally and spiritually.
- Both allowed the very young a certain exemption from the adult rules of religious belief and behavior; spiritually speaking, for rationalist Unitarians and evangelicals, children were a different order of moral being than adults.
- Kai Tia Island, situated in the Toey Ngam Bay, is an important habitat for coral reefs and marine life and is also considered a spiritually sacred place.
- With the increasing atomisation of society into isolation through modern technology, to work in a room full of others, sitting with their stories too, can be far more spiritually enriching. Lily Bevan: Get Thee to a Library! Unsung Hero of 41st St: Library Way