名詞 ritual:

1. any customary observance or practice
   同義詞：rite
2. the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
3. stereotyped behavior

形容詞 ritual:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
2. of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals- Nadine Gordimer

1. In spite of the great number of denominations, students of religious practice in the United State find that in many cases there are no major differences in belief, and only minor ones in ritual between many of the Protestant denominations.
   盡管有大量的宗教派別，研究美國宗教慣常做法的學者發(fā)現，在許多情況下，許多新教教派之間在信仰方面并沒有多大的不同，只是在儀式方面有較小的差異。
2. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
   儀式為某種場合而設定的一套禮儀; 儀式
3. A person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and tradition and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation, especially one serving as chief religious official of a synagogue.
   猶太的法學博士在猶太法律、儀式及傳統(tǒng)方面受過訓練的人，并被任命主持猶太教集會，尤指在猶太教堂中作為主要神職的人員
4. An ancient ritual in modern dress.
   以現代風貌包裝的古代儀式

rit.u.al

n.（名詞）

The prescribed order of a religious ceremony.
儀式程序：宗教儀式的指定秩序
The body of ceremonies or rites used in a place of worship.
宗教儀式：用于祭祀場所的禮儀或儀式的主體部分

The prescribed form of conducting a formal secular ceremony:
典禮：舉行正式非宗教典禮的指定形式：
例句：
the ritual of an inauguration.
就職典禮

The body of ceremonies used by a fraternal organization.
（兄弟會的）宗教儀式：被兄弟會組織使用的儀式的主體部分
A book of rites or ceremonial forms.
儀式書，典禮書：關于禮儀或儀式形式的書籍
rituals
rituals
A ceremonial act or a series of such acts.
正式的儀式：儀式舉行的活動或一系列此類活動
The performance of such acts.
儀式的舉行：這些活動的舉行

A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed:
例行公事，老規(guī)矩，習慣：忠實地或規(guī)律地遵守詳細的程序方法：
例句：
My household chores have become a morning ritual.
家務已經成了我早晨的例行公事

A state or condition characterized by the presence of established procedure or routine:
慣例，一成不變：一種狀態(tài)或情勢，以已有的秩序或慣例的出現為特征：
例句：
.Prison was a ritual—reenacted daily, year in, year out. Prisoners came and went; generations came and went; and yet the ritual endured.(William H. Hallahan)
.監(jiān)獄總是一成不變——每天都有新的角色扮演，今年進來，明年出去。犯人來了又走了；一代又一代人來了又走了；盡管法令是保持不變的.(威廉H.哈勒漢)

來源：
From Latin rotu3lis [of rites]
源自 拉丁語 rotu3lis [禮儀的]
from rotus [rite] * see rite
源自 rotus [儀式，禮儀] *參見 rite

【引伸】
rit.ually
adv.（副詞）