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ritualistic collapse: of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"

High Church collapse: a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)

sacerdotal collapse: of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism; "sacerdotal emphasis on the authority of priests"

rite of passage collapse: a ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood)

prim collapse: dress primly; contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"; assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"

ceremonious collapse: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

graduation collapse: the successful completion of a program of study; a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement; "the ruler had 16 graduations per inch"

pomp collapse: ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"

inauguration collapse: the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes"; the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

decorous collapse: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"

initiation collapse: the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"; a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

rite collapse: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

sacred collapse: (often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person; "a fund sacred to charity"; "a morning hour sacred to study"; "a private office sacred to the President"; concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"; worthy of respect or dedication; "saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling"

formulary collapse: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections"; of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

convocation collapse: the act of convoking; a group gathered in response to a summons

ceremony collapse: any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"; the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"; a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

gravity collapse: a solemn and dignified feeling; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

stiffness collapse: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"; the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"; the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

celebration collapse: any joyous diversion; the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"; a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

conventional collapse: following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"; unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"; (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"; in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"; conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"; represented in simplified or symbolic form

ritual collapse: stereotyped behavior; any customary observance or practice; the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies; of 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; of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"

formula collapse: a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement; a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle; a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements; a liquid food for infants

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