noun
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emphasis, esp exaggerated emphasis, on the importance of rites and ceremonies
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the study of rites and ceremonies, esp magical or religious ones
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Etymology
Origin of ritualism
Example Sentences
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But the players also hinted at something less tangible, some swirl of selfhood and ritualism and sense memory, that week after week lured them back to the ice.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Yet as these deities became more important, worship among the commoners turned more personal and private; singing as a form of prayer and ritualism inside the home became essential to daily lives.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
But for members of the Source Family, a group that some call a cult, it’s a way of life honed over decades of study and ritualism based in Western esotericism.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2023
He calls “Parsifal” a “sacred opera with a spooky heart,” links its eerie Mass-like ritualism to the esoteric ceremonies of Theosophists and Rosicrucians and notes that Philip K. Dick responded profoundly to its religious syncretism.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2020
On the other hand, the priests have cast their system in the mould of ritualism.
From Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India by Barnett, Lionel D.
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