Ritual vs. Tradition

Ritual vs. Tradition — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ritual and Tradition

Ritualadjective

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.

Traditionnoun

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

Ritualnoun

rite; a repeated set of actions

They carried out the ritual carefully.

Traditionnoun

A commonly held system. en

Ritualnoun

any customary observance or practice

Traditionnoun

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

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Ritualnoun

the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

Traditionverb

(obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

Ritualnoun

stereotyped behavior

Traditionnoun

an inherited pattern of thought or action

Ritualadjective

of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals;

ritual killing

Traditionnoun

a specific practice of long standing

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Ritualadjective

of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals;

a ritual dance of Haitisedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties