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 |
|---|---|
| Yadnya Kasada | — |
| Ganga Aarti | Hindu ritual |
| Assumption Fast | religious observance |
| Dharma | religious concept |
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Dharma in Indian philosophy
surface form:
Dharma
|
religious concept |
| Mother Goddess | religious concept |
| Tantra | religious practice |
| Torah reading | public ritual |
| Easter Sunday Mass | religious service |
| All Souls Procession | public ritual |
| Orthros | liturgical service |
| Our Lady of Nazareth | religious devotion |
| Nuestra Señora de la Merced | Catholic devotion |
| Firmament | religious concept |
| Maha Shivaratri | religious observance |
| Inter-Hours | liturgical service |
| hatsumōde | religious practice |
| Yom Kippur prayers | religious service |
| Matins | Christian liturgical service |
| Midnight Office | Christian liturgical service |
| Kuningan | religious observance |
| Orthia | religious concept |
| circumambulation of the Kaaba | religious practice |
| Witr prayer | Islamic prayer |
| Salah in Islam | act of worship |
| Household of Muhammad | religious concept |
| Sema ceremony | Sufi ritual |
| Laylat al-Qadr | religious observance |
| Night of Decree | religious observance |
| Night of Power | religious observance |
| Stations of the Cross | Christian ritual |
| Maghrib | Islamic prayer |
| Rite of Election | liturgical rite |
| Anant Chaturdashi | religious observance |
| Twelve Tribes of Israel | religious concept |
| Great Apodeipnon | liturgical service |
| the East | religious concept |
| Rastafari holy days | religious observance |
| Lenten Matins | liturgical service |
| Skanda Sashti | religious observance |
| Govardhan Puja | religious observance |
| loyalty to Jehovah | religious concept |
| national memorial ceremony | public ritual |
| Sa'i between Safa and Marwa | — |
| Sakrat | religious observance |
| Viaticum | Christian ritual |
| United Kingdom state ceremonies | public ritual |
| Zion | religious concept |
| Introductory Rites | liturgical rite |
| Concluding Rites | liturgical rite |