ritual
Example Sentences
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But what kind of a Jew, with my waning attachment to ritual observance and insistent questioning of Orthodox belief?
Mirza Mohammad, 70, was equally determined to maintain his usual ritual of strolling to the park near his home in west Tehran and chatting with neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times
His coronation was a public show of his commitment to the Church of England and a service immersed in Christian ritual.
From BBC
Over the course of a weekend, I can lean into the ritual of it.
From Salon
It functions as a loyalty oath, one ritual in a much larger pattern of humiliation and dominance.
From Salon
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