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 |
|---|---|
| Way of Sorrows | form of prayer |
| Amrit Vela | Sikh religious practice |
| Nitnem | Sikh religious practice |
| Oankar | religious concept |
| Arbaeen of Husayn ibn Ali | religious observance |
| Isfet | religious concept |
| World Youth Day opening ceremonies | religious ceremony |
| Krishna Jayanthi | religious observance |
| Our Lady of La Vang | Catholic devotion |
| Mahamastakabhisheka | Jain ritual |
| Jivitputrika Vrat | religious observance |
| Bom Jesus | Catholic devotion |
| Vulcanalia | religious observance |
| Durgashtami | religious observance |
| Mothering Sunday | religious observance |
| consolation of Israel | religious concept |
|
Dulce Nombre de Maria (Sweet Name of Mary)
surface form:
Dulce Nombre de Maria
|
Catholic devotion |
| Prothesis | liturgical rite |
| Lord’s Prayer | model prayer |
| Binding of the Years | religious ceremony |
| Yawm al-Jumu'ah | religious observance |
| Feast of Our Lady of Loreto | religious observance |
| Narmada aarti | Hindu religious ritual |
| Easter fire | Christian ritual |
| Syriac Rite | Christian liturgical rite |
| Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | liturgical service |
| Law and the Prophets | religious concept |
| Gule Wamkulu | religious ceremony |
|
Our Lady of the Pillar is patroness of the Hispanic world
surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar
|
Catholic devotion |
| Ofrenda de Flores | religious ceremony |
| Rosario de Cristal | Catholic devotion |
| Rite of the Order of Carmelites | liturgical rite |
| Bwa Kayiman | religious ceremony |
|
Bwa Kayiman (Haitian Creole)
surface form:
Bwa Kayiman
|
religious ceremony |
| Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes | religious observance |
| Hatsu-uma | religious observance |
| Urhobo rituals | religious ceremony |
| Devol Maduwa ritual | ritual |
| Poson Full Moon Poya Day | religious observance |
| Kap Situveema | ritual |
| Diya Kepeema | ritual |
| Kohomba Kankariya ritual | ritual |
| arahant | religious concept |
| Deva | religious concept |
| Kabir Jayanti | religious observance |
| Holy Baptism | — |
| Nossa Senhora da Conceição | Catholic devotion |
| Ravidas Jayanti | religious observance |
| Begampura | religious concept |
| Kalyanotsavam | Hindu ritual |