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
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 John Marshall Barker
Jesus Christ, then, in the place of all this, preached a Creed that was essentially simple, and simultaneously substituted for the elaborate ceremonialism of the Pharisees the spirit of liberty.
From Paradoxes of Catholicism by Robert Hugh Benson
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
ERE is a ceremonialism which is blind to the humane.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
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