Words Like RITUALISM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RITUALISM.

2 Alternative Words Similar to ritualism

1 Pattern Noun      Synonym Words Like Pattern
2 Practice Noun      Synonym Words Like Practice

7 definitions of ritualism

1 A system of public worship which consists in forms regularly established by law, precept, or custom, as distinguished from that which is largely extemporaneous and therefore variable and left to the judgment of the conductor of the worship.
2 Observance of prescribed forms in religious worship or in reverence of anything.
3 Specifically— The science of ritual; the systematic study of liturgical rites.
4 An observance of ritual in public worship founded upon a high estimate of the value of symbolism and a belief in the practical importance of established rites, and particularly in the efficacy of sacraments, as having been divinely appointed to be channels of spiritual grace to those who use them; more especially, the principles and practices of those Anglicans who are called Ritualists.
5 The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
6 exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
7 the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies
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