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
Fifty years earlier episcopacy and ceremonialism seemed to most Anglicans comparatively unimportant in themselves.
From American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 by Cheyney, Edward Potts
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 Mee, Arthur
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 Smith, Preserved
At present this term is synonymous with a life of ceremonialism.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
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