ritual

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

any customary observance or practice

of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals

ritual killing

the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals

a ritual dance of Haiti

stereotyped behavior

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	ritualize
1	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
1	part meronym	Parts & wholes	ritual dancing
1	hypernym	Types & categories	custom
1	hyponym	Types & categories	espousal
1	hyponym	Types & categories	marriage ceremony
1	hyponym	Types & categories	rite of passage
2	derivation	Related & opposite	rite
2	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
2	pertains to	Related & opposite	rite
3	derivation	Related & opposite	ritualize
3	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
3	hypernym	Types & categories	practice
3	hyponym	Types & categories	ablution
3	hyponym	Types & categories	solemnization
3	hyponym	Types & categories	manduction
4	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
4	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
4	pertains to	Related & opposite	ritual
5	derivation	Related & opposite	ritual
5	hypernym	Types & categories	habit