Definition of Ritualism. Meaning of Ritualism. Synonyms of Ritualism

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Definition of Ritualism

Ritualism
Ritualism Rit"u*al*ism, n. [Cf. F. ritualisme.] 1. A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual. 2. Specifically : (a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.

Meaning of Ritualism from wikipedia

- particular religionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Ritualism in the Church of England – Emphasis on the rituals and liturgical ceremony...
- Old Believers, also called Old Ritualists, are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church...
- Ritualism, in the history of Christianity, refers to an emphasis on the rituals and liturgical ceremonies of the Church, specifically the Christian practice...
- which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, and asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from...
- The historical Vedic religion, also called Vedicism or Vedism, and sometimes ancient Hinduism or Vedic Hinduism, constituted the religious ideas and practices...
- Yoruba religion, also known as Isese, is an indigenous African spiritual system centered around the worship of Orishas, powerful deities representing natural...
- Gita rejects ascetic life, renunciation as well as Brahminical Vedic ritualism where outward actions or non-actions are considered a means of personal...
- orthodoxies make use of codified beliefs – in the form of creeds – and ritualism more narrowly centers on the strict adherence to prescribed rites or rituals...
- Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit: आदि शङ्कर, आदि शङ्कराचार्य, romanized: Ādi Śaṅkara, Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, lit. 'First Shankaracharya'...
- and intensity". Rivalries develop from the product of competition and ritualism between different parties. In some cases, rivalry can become "so consuming...