ritual
US: /ˈɹɪtʃuəɫ/
UK: /ɹˈɪtʃuːəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
ritual /'ritjuəl/- tính từ
- (thuộc) lể nghi; có vẻ lễ nghi; theo lễ nghi
- (thuộc) lể nghi; có vẻ lễ nghi; theo lễ nghi
- danh từ
- sách dạy lễ nghi
- (tôn giáo) trình tự hành lễ
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective+ noun [C, U]
1 a series of actions that are always carried out in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony: religious / pagan rituals + She objects to the ritual of organized religion.
2 something that is done regularly and always in the same way: Sunday lunch with the in-laws has become something of a ritual.
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 done as part of a ritual or ceremony: ritual chanting / practices
2 always done or said in the same way, especially when this is not sincere: ritual expressions of sympathy
ritually adverb: The goat was ritually slaughtered.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 ceremonial, ceremonious, sacramental:
The celebrants undergo ritual washing before preparing the sacrifice.
2 procedural, formal, conventional, customary, habitual, routine, prescribed, usual, automatic, perfunctory:
Each time they meet, Harold and Bill have to go through a ritual handshaking routine - a hangover from their school-days, I think.
n.
3 formality, routine, custom, practice, convention, protocol:
If everyone goes through this tea-drinking ritual twice a day, how do you get any work done?
4 See rite, above.
rivaln.
1 competitor, opponent, contender, challenger, antagonist, adversary; opposition:
This year there are many formidable rivals for the championship.
v.
2 compete with or against, contend with or against, oppose, challenge, contest, struggle with or against, vie with, combat, compare with, equal, measure up to, (be a) match (for):
Jan's prowess at tossing the caber rivalled that of anyone else in Craigie.
Collocation
ADJ.
ancient, primitive | daily, nightly, Sunday, etc. | little
A cognac before bed is one of our little nightly rituals.
| elaborate, solemn | empty
Bargaining at the markets is now just an empty ritual.
| religious, social | pagan | courtship, fertility, initiation, mating
VERB + RITUAL
go through, perform
She had to go through the ritual of kissing the toys before her son would go to sleep. rituals performed by druids at Stonehenge on Midsummer's Day
| make
She makes an elaborate ritual of the washing-up.
RITUAL + VERB
take place
RITUAL + NOUN
practice
the ritual practices of ancient religions
| murder, sacrifice, slaughter
the accusation that they practised ritual murder
PREP.
in a/the ~
Women's roles in the rituals of many religions have been limited.
Concise dictionary
rituals'rɪtʃʊəlnoun
+any customary observance or practice
+the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
+stereotyped behavior
adj.
+of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
+of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals
