religious ritual
C757
concept
A religious ritual is a structured, symbolic sequence of actions, words, and objects performed within a faith tradition to express devotion, mark sacred events, or reinforce spiritual beliefs and communal identity.
All labels observed (77)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| religious observance | 164 |
| religious concept | 100 |
| religious ceremony | 41 |
| Catholic devotion | 37 |
| liturgical rite | 35 |
| religious ritual canonical | 24 |
| religious practice | 21 |
| Catholic devotional practice | 18 |
| Hindu ritual | 18 |
| Vedic ritual | 14 |
| Shinto ritual | 12 |
| liturgical service | 12 |
| ritual | 12 |
| Christian liturgical rite | 10 |
| Islamic prayer | 9 |
| Sikh religious practice | 9 |
| Hindu religious ritual | 7 |
| form of prayer | 6 |
| public ritual | 5 |
| religious devotion | 5 |
| religious service | 5 |
| Christian liturgical service | 4 |
| Christian ritual | 4 |
| Shinto purification ritual | 4 |
| Eucharistic celebration | 3 |
| Jewish ritual | 3 |
| act of worship | 3 |
| religious rite | 3 |
| Holy Week service | 2 |
| Jain ritual | 2 |
| Rogation observance | 2 |
| Shinto religious practice | 2 |
| anointing ritual | 2 |
| form of worship | 2 |
| initiation rite | 2 |
| meditative prayer | 2 |
| religious circumambulation | 2 |
| religious dance | 2 |
| religious performance | 2 |
| sacrificial ritual | 2 |
| Catholic ritual | 1 |
| Easter tradition | 1 |
| Hindu worship practice | 1 |
| Japanese religious ritual | 1 |
| Processional ritual | 1 |
| Roman Catholic sacrament | 1 |
| Shinto liturgical component | 1 |
| Sufi ritual | 1 |
| Zoroastrian liturgical ceremony | 1 |
| ancient religious practice | 1 |
| biblical religious practice | 1 |
| ceremonia religiosa | 1 |
| communal prayer ceremony | 1 |
| cultural rite | 1 |
| daily religious practice | 1 |
| fasting ritual | 1 |
| invocatory prayer | 1 |
| liturgical cycle | 1 |
| model prayer | 1 |
| public religious ritual | 1 |
| religious architectural practice | 1 |
| religious custom | 1 |
| religious devotion practice | 1 |
| religious duty | 1 |
| religious fasting | 1 |
| religious folk practice | 1 |
| religious ritual practice | 1 |
| religious wedding ritual | 1 |
| repetitive prayer | 1 |
| responsive prayer | 1 |
| ritualistic performance | 1 |
| sacred time | 1 |
| set of religious rites | 1 |
| spirit worship ceremony | 1 |
| symbolic religious concept | 1 |
| 宗教的儀礼 | 1 |
| 宗教行事 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: religious ritual
Generated description
A religious ritual is a structured, symbolic sequence of actions, words, and objects performed within a faith tradition to express devotion, mark sacred events, or reinforce spiritual beliefs and communal identity.
Instances (606)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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ahl al-bayt
surface form:
Ahl al-Bayt
|
religious concept |
| Over-Soul | religious concept |
| procession of the Mysteries (Misteri) | Catholic devotional practice |
| Nam-Prasanga | — |
| Suna Besha | Hindu religious ritual |
| Kathina ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Marapu ceremonies | — |
| Salah | act of worship |
| Snana Purnima | religious observance |
| Matachines dance | religious dance |
| Inner Light | religious concept |
| Fraction Rite | liturgical rite |
| Al-Muqashqishah | religious concept |
| Our Lady of Remedies | Catholic devotion |
| 梅花祭 | 宗教行事 |
| House of Ibrahim | religious concept |
|
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
surface form:
Daijōsai
|
Shinto ritual |
| Imbolc | religious observance |
| Great Feast in Eastern Christianity | religious observance |
| Toritsugi mediation | religious practice |
| Simbang Gabi | religious devotion |
| Villa Mariana de Candelaria | Catholic devotion |
| Coronation of the British monarch | religious ceremony |
| Hell | religious concept |
|
Girivalam (Giri Pradakshina)
surface form:
Girivalam
|
religious circumambulation |
| Pranami religious practices | religious practice |
| Prophetic Household | religious concept |
| stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi | Catholic devotion |
| Sora nostra morte corporale | religious concept |
| valley of the shadow of death | religious concept |
| Mount Potalaka | religious concept |
| Shang ancestral worship | religious practice |
| Our Lady of Solitude | Catholic devotion |
| Nossa Senhora do Carmo | Catholic devotion |
| Reek Sunday | religious observance |
| Maronite Divine Liturgy | Christian liturgical rite |
| Kidane Mehret | religious devotion |
| भाइ टीका | Hindu ritual |
| Aadi Pooram | religious observance |
| Pattabishekam of Kallazhagar | Hindu religious ritual |
| Yamuna Aarti | Hindu ritual |
| Puthuvarudam | religious observance |
| pilgrimage to Hierapolis | ancient religious practice |
| Sigui ceremony | — |
| the Forty Persons (Chehel Tan) | religious concept |
| Ethiopian New Year | religious observance |
| Ram Naumi | religious observance |
| Memorial of Christ’s death | religious observance |
| The Mahdi | religious concept |
| Asha | religious concept |