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 |
|---|---|
| Ahl al-Bayt | religious concept |
| Ashura | religious observance |
| First Fruits Festival | religious ceremony |
| Busk | ritual |
| Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith | religious concept |
| Mass of the Immaculate Conception | Eucharistic celebration |
| Twin Holy Days | religious observance |
| Nossa Senhora dos Anjos | Catholic devotion |
| Bahá'í holy days | religious observance |
| Passover Seder | religious ceremony |
| Jesus Prayer | repetitive prayer |
|
Tavallod-e Bahāʼu'llāh
surface form:
Tavallod-e Baháʼu'lláh
|
religious observance |
| Parashurama Jayanti | religious observance |
| Qaʼim | religious concept |
|
Sabbath queen
surface form:
Sabbath Queen
|
religious concept |
| Islamic New Year | religious observance |
| The Farthest Mosque | religious concept |
|
underworld Xibalba
surface form:
Xibalba
|
religious concept |
| Ambarvalia | religious rite |
| Holy Qurbono | — |
| Venetian campanological tradition | religious practice |
| Greek Rite | liturgical rite |
| Our Lady of Hungary | religious devotion |
| Coptic Rite | liturgical rite |
| Latin Rite | liturgical rite |
| Shivat Tzion | religious concept |
| Fast Day (Massachusetts) | religious observance |
| Vishukkani | Hindu ritual |
| Kingdom of Mary | religious concept |
| Ayyám-i-Há | religious observance |
| Covenant-breaking (Bahá'í Faith) | religious concept |
| Great Week | religious observance |
| Jubilee | religious observance |
| Girls' Puberty Ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Mountain Spirit Dance | — |
| DivinePleasure | religious concept |
| Holy Ghost festivals | Catholic devotional practice |
| Arbaeen period | religious observance |
|
Byzantine
surface form:
Byzantine rite
|
Christian liturgical rite |
| Masi Magam | religious observance |
| Sunday of Lent | religious observance |
| Neot-tide | religious observance |
| Saint Crispin's Day | religious observance |
| Das Lakshan Parva | religious observance |
| Shabad | religious concept |
|
Miri-Piri (temporal and spiritual authority)
surface form:
Miri-Piri
|
religious concept |
| Five Ks of Sikh identity | Sikh religious practice |
| Articles of faith in Sikhism | religious observance |
| Sawan | religious observance |
| Avani Avittam | Vedic ritual |