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
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 |
|---|---|
| Pateti | religious observance |
| Mass | liturgical service |
| Dashami | religious observance |
|
kumari puja
surface form:
Kumari Puja
|
Hindu ritual |
|
sandhi puja
surface form:
Sandhi Puja
|
Hindu ritual |
| Visarjan | Hindu ritual |
| Ennead of Heliopolis | religious concept |
| Four Noble Truths | religious concept |
| Vesak | religious observance |
| Nachi Fire Festival | — |
| Mesonyktikon | liturgical service |
| Penitential Act of the post-Vatican II Mass | liturgical rite |
| Kuksu ceremony | religious ceremony |
| Novus Ordo Missae | liturgical rite |
| Magha Puja | religious observance |
| Chakravartin | religious concept |
| Asalha Puja | religious observance |
|
grounation
surface form:
Grounation
|
religious observance |
| Night of Destiny | religious observance |
| Night of Measure | religious observance |
| Shinto misogi rites | Shinto purification ritual |
| Tahajjud | Islamic prayer |
| Qibla (toward the Kaaba) | religious practice |
| Dhuhr | Islamic prayer |
| Asr | Islamic prayer |
| Dhammachakra Pravartan Din | religious observance |
| Saint David's Day | religious observance |
| Makki surah | religious concept |
| Folk Catholicism | religious practice |
| Call to Continuing Conversion | liturgical rite |
| Taoist deities | religious concept |
| New Fire ceremony | religious ceremony |
|
wali (Islamic saint)
surface form:
wali
|
religious concept |
| Apokreō | religious observance |
| Alexandrian Rite | Christian liturgical rite |
| Divine Liturgy of the Ethiopian Church | Christian liturgical rite |
| Kavadi attam | Hindu religious ritual |
| Surasamharam | — |
| Vaisakhi | religious observance |
| Our Lady Queen of Poland | Catholic devotion |
| Bali Pratipada | religious observance |
| Gopashtami | religious observance |
| Burial of the Sardine | ritual |
| Thiruvonam | religious observance |
| Vaikasi Visakam | religious observance |
| Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes | Catholic devotion |
| Pushti (divine grace) | religious concept |
| Brahma Sambandha | initiation rite |
| angel | religious concept |
| Chhath Puja | religious observance |