ritually
- a word derived from ritual.
Example Sentences
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“It fuses Khamenei’s death into the same liturgical rhythm as Hussein’s, so that mourning him and mourning Hussein become ritually the same act,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop of a war that has plunged the wealthy Gulf into crisis.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
A disaster management official said the victims died while ritually bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by recent flooding.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024
For three millennia, Jews have invoked a “return” to Jerusalem from exile and a deliverance from “the Lord of time, history and justice” poetically and ritually, but not always really.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024
The chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
