Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)ritual, riteany customary observance or practice (n)ritualthe prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies Adjectives
(a)ritualof or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals“ritual killing” (a)ritualof or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals“a ritual dance of Haiti”,
“sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties” (Nadine Gordimer)