ritual
ritual
noun
ritually
adverb
语源
noun
- a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order
（宗教等）庄严仪式
the ancient rituals of Christian worship.
基督教礼拜的古老仪式。
[mass noun]the role of ritual in religion.
仪式在宗教中的作用。
■a prescribed order of performing such a ceremony, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or Church
（尤指某一宗教或教派特定的）程序；仪式
■a series of actions or type of behaviour regularly and invariably followed by someone
例行公事；老规矩；习惯
her visits to Joy became a ritual.
她拜访乔伊已成了习惯。
- [attrib.]of, relating to, or done as a religious or solemn rite
（与）宗教（或庄严）仪式（有关）的
ritual burial.
具宗教形式的葬礼。
■(of an action) arising from convention or habit
（行为）常规的，例行的；老规矩的；惯常的
the players gathered for the ritual pre-match huddle.
队员们聚在一起作例行的赛前围抱动作。
■(S. African)(of a murder) committed in order to obtain body parts for use in the making of muti
(南非)为获取作符咒用的人体部分而杀死的
ritually
adverb
语源
- late 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin ritualis, from ritus (see rite)
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