ritual
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"It's a ritual that's heavily prescribed by church regulation," Bishop Deenihan said.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The ritual objects themselves demonstrate most clearly how the religions differed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
One such bog in Sweden called Gullåkra, “fields of gold,” served as a site of ritual sacrifice for millennia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The couple also wove Scottish traditions into their ceremony, taking part in a Celtic handfasting ritual, using pieces of fabric provided by both of their grandmothers.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
A family without ritual and order was a rootless tribe subject to boredom and anarchy, lowered heads, pouting mouths, and sorrowing memories of friends left behind.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The festival is observed with different rituals and traditions across different parts of the country but with grand celebrations everywhere.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The film’s multigenerational story touches on the cultural inheritance passed between mothers, daughters and grandmothers — whether through old traditions or ordinary rituals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Period-Piece Pixie, as depicted on-screen, is too evolved for the elaborate grooming rituals of her time—no stays, no time-consumingly arranged ringlets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These are rituals that create a structure for intensely feeling brokenness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Maire Solanya, the village greenwitch, came that evening to perform the old rituals over the grave.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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