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# ritual

«ritual» in Mova's school dictionary: **A set of actions always done in the same way and order…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a ritual, rituals); adjective (ritual)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A set of actions always done in the same way and order, especially as part of a religious ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m1)

2) Something a person or family always does in the same way, like a habit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m2)

3) (adjective) Done as part of a ceremony or out of habit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religion and history lessons, rituals include baptism, prayers, festivals, ancient burial and harvest ceremonies; in church, Christians share rituals such as communion. In everyday life, a bedtime story or a team chant before a match is a ritual. Phrases: a bedtime ritual, religious ritual, ritual dance.

### examples

- Lighting candles is part of the ritual in many churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x1)
- Our bedtime ritual is a bath, a story and a cuddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x2)
- The ancient Egyptians had rituals for burying their kings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x3)
- Every Saturday, Dad's ritual is pancakes and the football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x4)
- The team does a ritual handshake before each game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x5)
- Baptism is an important Christian ritual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x6)
- To her was intrusted the office of convoking the assembly of the gods, and she was also mistress of ritual and ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/#x7)

### note

Countable. Related: rite (a single ceremony) and ritually (adverb). Not the same as habit, although an everyday ritual can be a habit with a special meaning.

### In the corpora

- [Distance doesn't end a real friendship; small rituals and regular calls keep it alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/33/)
- [Small rituals for the days a parent comes home help them feel less like a visitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/49/)
- [The Minotaur is a myth, but bull-leaping was a real sport or ritual of the Minoans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/8/)
- [There is no evidence that eating bananas before a match makes you score more goals; it is a team ritual.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/32-siblings-cousins-grandparents-and-the-whole-playground/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ritual» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ritual/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.