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)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
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 |
|---|---|
| Penitential Act | liturgical rite |
| The Opening | Islamic prayer |
| Mahanisha Puja | religious observance |
| Liturgy of the Eucharist | liturgical rite |
| Misogikyo | Shinto ritual |
| Catholic Mass | Eucharistic celebration |
| Mubahala | — |
| Maundy Thursday | religious observance |
| Golus | religious concept |
| Roman Rite | liturgical rite |
| Shinto Honkyoku | Shinto liturgical component |
|
the Day of Resurrection
surface form:
Day of Resurrection
|
religious concept |
| law of karma | religious concept |
| St George's Day | religious observance |
| Joyful Mysteries | Catholic devotional practice |
| Eleusinian Mysteries | initiation rite |
| Navaratri | religious observance |
| the Tempter | religious concept |
| Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker | religious observance |
| Sorrowful Mysteries | Catholic devotional practice |
| Janmashtami | religious observance |
| Glorious Mysteries | Catholic devotional practice |
| Bhau Beej | religious observance |
| Rama Navami | religious observance |
|
Paradise
surface form:
Paradise (Islam)
|
religious concept |
| Dar al-Islam | religious concept |
| Yom Tov | religious observance |
| Dionysian Mysteries | religious rite |
| door-to-door ministry of Jehovah’s Witnesses | religious practice |
| Mystery Play of Elche | Catholic devotional practice |
| Theyam | religious performance |
| Holy Family | religious concept |
| Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols | liturgical service |
| Declaration of the Báb | religious observance |
| Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh | religious observance |
| Day of the Covenant | religious observance |
| Ascension of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá | religious observance |
| Umkhosi Wokweshwama | religious ceremony |
| Martyrdom of the Báb | religious observance |
| Birth of the Báb | religious observance |
| St. Mary’s Fast | religious observance |
| Birth of Bahá'u'lláh | religious observance |
| Shabbat | religious observance |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | religious observance |
| Tefillat Geshem | Jewish ritual |
| Paschal Triduum | sacred time |
| Anglican rite | liturgical rite |
| Holy Name of Jesus | religious concept |
| Islamic holidays | religious observance |
| the Way | religious concept |