ritual
ritualistic magic
He was the main suspect in the ritualistic murders.
Many ritualistic and repetitive behaviours can be observed among adults with autism.

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Examples of ritualistic

ritualistic
Mostly assembled in contrasting blocks, there are some striking ideas, not least the rather ritualistic, gagaku-like twelfths that provide a moment of stillness and repose.
Within the context of clinical governance, it is not acceptable to provide ritualistic wound care without an evidence base.
Place-based associations may be formed through representations and social activities occurring there, from spontaneous, dramatic events to regular ritualistic activity.
Its members were highly critical of ritualistic worship, frivolity and social amusements, instead promoting simplicity in worship and lifestyle and seclusion from worldly pursuits.
A ritualistic language of courtesy was used to express a relationship that was clearly based on personal service and dependence.
Four patients scored just below the threshold for the ritualistic-repetitive behavior subscore.
And some of the other attempts to raise the issue seemed to this reviewer somewhat ritualistic and perfunctory.
Together they suggest a space that is simultaneously ritualistic and natural.
In conflicts between burghers, council mediation was usually concluded with a ritualistic handshake and the threat of punishment in case of a repeat offence.
A remarkable number of protest actions were being conducted in traditional, even ritualistic ways.
It is undertaken as equipment for living, as a ritualistic way of arming us to confront perplexities and risks.
Yet there was also the scope for subordination, leaving ordinary people with mere spectatorship, with superficial forms of ritualistic involvement.
There are many ritualistic dances and the use of the large orchestra is often colourful and exquisitely delicate.
They were concerned almost exclusively with description of the technological and ritualistic processes that are involved in iron production.
As modes of learning they both resemble ritualistic or musical acts.
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