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- a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order（宗教等的）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。
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- 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。
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- 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.
1- of, relating to, or done as a religious or solemn rite（与）宗教（或庄严）仪式（有关）的：
ritual burial.
宗教形式的葬礼。
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- (of an action) arising from convention or habit（行动）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。
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- 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。
派生词
ritually
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (as an adjective)： from Latin ritualis, from ritus （see RITE）.