ceremonialism
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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
So, to the ordinary Hindu, especially to him to whom the way of meditation in the wilderness seems impossible, ceremonialism becomes a matter of supreme concern.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
But his conception of ceremonialism served him in good stead on many an occasion in his eventful life.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Jacob S. Raisin
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
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