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 |
|---|---|
| Shankara Jayanti | religious observance |
| Ram Rajya | religious concept |
|
botting langi
surface form:
Botting langi
|
religious concept |
| Melasti purification ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Tawur Kesanga ritual | religious ceremony |
| Bois Caïman ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Annakut | religious observance |
| Karthika Vilakku | religious observance |
| Divine Presence | religious concept |
| Mozarabic Rite | liturgical rite |
| Swaminarayan Jayanti | religious observance |
| Shikinen Sengū | Shinto ritual |
| Lovefeast | Christian ritual |
| New Year of the Trees | religious observance |
| Rosh Hashanah LaIlanot | religious observance |
| Carthusian Rite | liturgical rite |
| Carmelite Rite | liturgical rite |
| Akshaya Tritiya | religious observance |
| Ātman | religious concept |
| St John’s Eve | religious observance |
| Epiphany procession to Spring Bayou | religious ceremony |
| Quema del Diablo | religious folk practice |
| Tao | religious concept |
| Service of Light | liturgical rite |
| Narasimha Jayanti | religious observance |
| Yadnya Kasada ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Chi | religious concept |
| Takachiho Kagura | Shinto ritual |
| White Deerskin Dance | — |
| All Souls Procession in Tucson | public ritual |
| Eyam Plague Commemoration Service | religious service |
| St James's Day | religious observance |
| Enthronement of the Emperor of Japan | Shinto ritual |
|
Bhoota Kola ritual
surface form:
Bhoota Kola
|
ritual |
|
Lamps‑lighting (Lucernarium)
surface form:
Lamps-lighting (Lucernarium)
|
Christian liturgical rite |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus | Catholic devotion |
| Intangible Cultural Heritage (Tarasque festivals and processions of Tarascon) | Processional ritual |
| 天皇が新穀を親しく食す | 宗教的儀礼 |
| Amrit Sanchar | religious rite |
| Five Ks | Sikh religious practice |
| Our Lady of the Treille | Catholic devotion |
| exorcism of Asmodeus | — |
| First Salmon ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Ras Lila | religious performance |
|
Rogation Days
surface form:
Major Rogation
|
Rogation observance |
| Our Lady of Ransom | Catholic devotion |
| Theyyam | — |
| Christian saints | religious concept |
| Corpus Christi processions | public religious ritual |
| Sun Dance | religious ceremony |