Ritual vs. Tradition
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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 killingTraditionnoun
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
