ceremonialism
Americannoun
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Elaborate ceremonialism linked to “the order and rhythms of the cosmos” is evident in the “beautiful ritual objects, spectacular offerings of religious icons and regalia” found at the sites, the application said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Savonarola vehemently denounced the greed of the clergy and their neglect of spiritual life for the sake of mere external ceremonialism, and he with equal insistence inveighed against the corruption of public manners.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee
The publication of Christianity, with its propaganda of monotheism against the Roman world and its accentuation of faith against the ceremonialism of the Jewish church, resembled that of Luther's "gospel."
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
Bull Durham is also important in peyote ceremonialism because it is “real Indian tobacco.”
From Washo Religion by James F. Downs
Thus in the fifty-first psalm the writer, one of the prophetic school, thus contrasts mere ceremonialism with spiritual worship: Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou delightest not in burnt offering.
From The New Theology by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
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