The word ritual can be used as a noun or an adjective. She found the ritual of meditating in the morning brightened her attitude throughout the rest of her day.
The ritual of holding a wake, can be comforting to some grieving families. Her morning ritual included Yoga.
It was a ritual that i had to open my presents on Christmas
One would use the word 'rite' in a sentence when referring to a religious or customary observance or if you were using ritual, that could be used as a routine like " in my ritual morning I took a shower
They needed chicken blood for the ritual.
There are different rituals around the world.
During their ritual the witches painted a pentagram on the floor of their coven.
Some religions require a sacrificial ritual in which an animal (such as a goat) is slaughtered.
A cultist is someone who belongs to a cult. An example of this term used in a sentence would be, "Jim Jones was a cultist who forced his followers to commit ritual suicide."
The Incas used to sacrifice people in an elaborate ritual to please the Gods. A ritual is a formal religious practice or custom. It was a ritual that we always had to open our Christmas presents after the Queens speech.
His trip to the shop had become a daily ritual. The islanders practiced ritual human sacrifice until the late 1930s.
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Some people find the commercial ritual of the christmas period detracts from the spiritual side of the celebration.