Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ritual in American Collocation
ritual
noun
countable/uncountable
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/ˈrɪtʃuəl/
religious or magic
magic
magical
occult
religious
sacred
satanic
Perfumes have always been of great importance for religious rituals.
strange or complicated
arcane
bizarre
elaborate
The Houses of Parliament seems to be full of bizarre rituals conducted in dated language.
ancient
ancient
The influence of ancient ritual in shaping our landscape is well known.
regular
nightly
Her children loved the nightly ritual of bedtime stories.
without meaning
meaningless
He satirizies the meaningless social rituals of the upper middle class.
with a particular purpose
bathing
ceremonial
cleansing
funeral
funerary
healing
mating
purification
sacrificial
tribal
The warriors would perform a cleansing ritual before going off to fight.
perform a ritual
conduct
enact
observe
perform
practise
People come together at Christmas and enact the family rituals of past years.
repeat a ritual
re-enact
repeat
He pauses at each door and repeats the same ritual.