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ritual

ritual /ri.tuˈal/

noun#3125 most common

Also: rite, ceremony

Example sentences

Acesta este un ritual.
This is a ritual.
Fiecare familie are un ritual de sărbători.
Every family has a holiday ritual.
Ritualul de dimineață mă ajută să mă concentrez.
The morning ritual helps me focus.
Preotul a condus ritualul religios cu multă solemnitate.
The priest led the religious ritual with great solemnity.
Ritualurile de trecere marchează schimbările importante din viața unei persoane.
Rites of passage mark important changes in a person's life.
Antropologii au studiat modul în care ritualurile funerare reflectă structura socială a comunității.
Anthropologists studied how funeral rituals reflect the social structure of the community.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeritual / ritualulritualuri / ritualurile
Genitiveunui ritual / ritualuluiunor ritualuri / ritualurilor
Accusativeritual / ritualulritualuri / ritualurile
Vocative

Word family

ritrite
ritualicritualistic
ritualismritualism
a ritualizato ritualize
ritualistritualist

Etymology

Romanian took "ritual" from French "rituel", reinforced by the Latin adjective "ritualis". That adjective comes from "ritus", meaning an established religious custom or rite. Some etymologists trace "ritus" to an old Indo-European root tied to counting or setting things in correct order, the same idea behind the Sanskrit word for cosmic order.

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