Definitions for: Ritualism

[n] exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship
[n] the study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: cultural anthropology, pattern, practice, social anthropology

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat

Related Resources:
animlas that start with s
animals begin with s
animals beginning with h