Словарь синонимов английского языка - ritual

(adj) 1. ceremonial, ceremonious, sacramental: The celebrants undergo ritual washing before preparing the sacrifice. 2. procedural, formal, conventional, customary, habitual, routine, prescribed, usual, automatic, perfuncdory: Each time they meet, Harold and Bill have to go through a ritual handshaking routine a hangover from their school-days, I think. -(n) 3. formality, routine, custom, practice, convention, protocol: If everyone goes through this tea-drinking ritual twice a day, how do you get any work done? 4. See rite, above.