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ritual: 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"

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mercy killing collapse

slaying collapse

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

extermination collapse: the act of exterminating

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

immolation collapse: killing or offering as a sacrifice

martyrdom collapse: death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

baptismal collapse: of or relating to baptism; "baptismal font"

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

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

well-mannered collapse

ordinance collapse: a statute enacted by a city government

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

ceremonial collapse: marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

sacramental collapse: of or relating to or involving a sacrament

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

liturgy collapse: a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

missal collapse: (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

siddur collapse

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

suicide collapse: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"; a person who kills himself intentionally

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

rote collapse: memorization by repetition

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"

mumbo-jumbo collapse

social convention collapse

extrinsicality collapse

primness collapse: excessive or affected modesty

liturgic collapse

liturgical collapse: of or relating to or in accord with liturgy

bane collapse: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"

Torah collapse: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services; the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit; the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

gore collapse: a triangular piece of cloth; coagulated blood from a wound; Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948); wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument; cut into gores; "gore a skirt"

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

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

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

bon ton collapse

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"

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