ritualistic

/ (ˌrɪtjʊəˈlɪstɪk) /

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adjective

of, relating to, or suggestive of ritualism

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Derived forms of ritualistic

ritualistically, adverb

Words nearby ritualistic

Ritter's disease, ritual, ritual bath, ritualism, ritualist, ritualistic, ritualization, ritualize, ritual murder, Rituxan, rituximab

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How to use ritualistic in a sentence

Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.
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There was even a free-spirited frock made of ropes, which flung about through her ritualistic dance.
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They repeat tasks over and over with a ritualistic and often perfectionist bent.
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This junkie is about to begin a three-day, neo-African, sometimes-terrifying, ritualistic trip.
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How did the troubled young girl go about drawing sex acts in her notebook that mirrored the ritualistic killings?
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It is music which vitalizes ritualistic worship in our times, as it did in the times of David and Solomon.
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Herewith is given a metrical translation of an ancient Pawnee ritualistic hymn.
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Mrs. Felsburg was distinguished for being a rigid adherent to the ritualistic laws of her people.
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All believers constitute a holy and a royal priesthood; the priests of ritualistic Christendom are an invention.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
Having thus condemned the ritualistic teaching of the day, He disposes next of the false teachers.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew|John Monro Gibson

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