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
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 Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
This was established by the Puritans, and stood for the severest of ultra-orthodox though dissenting Protestantism; that was founded to be and was an exponent of the most formal ceremonialism of the Church of England.
From Colleges in America by Barker, John Marshall
But our ceremonialism is pregnant with sublime symbolism, and its discipline is most salutary.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
The externalisation of religion in the West, as evidenced by its ceremonialism and its casuistry, has faithfully mirrored itself in the externality of Western education.
From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond
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