1. ritual - Noun
2. ritual - Adjective
Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.
A book containing the rites to be observed.
Source: Webster's dictionaryInfelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts. J. L. Austin
The gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly. Ray Bradbury
No known human group... simply throw[s] out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species. Theodosius Dobzhansky
This world... belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak. Ken Kesey
There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road. Sylvia Plath
The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture. Michael Pollan