“I never heard of any ritualist who considered any of his dearest practices in this light.”

“You are no doubt a ritualist, and your son has no doubt been educated in the same school.”

“He was neither a puritan, like the Essenes, nor a ritualist, like the Pharisees.”

“The priest performed the sacred rite of baptism, welcoming the child into the Christian faith.”

“These remains document an extravagant ritualism and outspoken insistence on the nobles' political dignity.”

“Our ritualism lets each individual walk through everyday life with a shell of privacy and forbearance.”

“There may be ritualism behaviour which the subject feels compelled to carry out.”

“They wanted a traditional ritual that was nonetheless reflective of their nontraditional realities and desires.”

“This is my morning ritual. As soon as I awake, I boil water in a kettle and anticipate the first cup of green tea.”

“The priest performed the sacred rite of baptism, welcoming the child into the Christian faith.”

“Still, one could say that all wakes are formulaic, rituals being a most popular and apparently effective means to deal with death.”

“True, he was a confirmed atheist, who had no patience for divinity, prayers or rituals.”

“The Inuits of Alaska also tattooed themselves in preparation for death rituals.”

“The Acholi tribe has sophisticated rites of forgiveness and reconciliation, a lesson to those of us in the West.”

“Ideally, the altar would be built in a walled garden where rites could be conducted in privacy.”

“He broke the white wafer into small pieces and placed one in his mouth, whispering the rites of Communion.”