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Things ritual often describes ("ritual ________")
- brotherhood
- criticism
- prayer
- myth
- violence
- studies
- impurity
- structures
- vessels
- language
- actions
- slaughterer
- knowledge
- sacrifice
- observance
- practices
- slaughter
- practice
- cleansing
- communication
- performances
- wailing
- structure
- aspects
- clowns
- prayers
- occasions
- dancing
- gestures
- activity
- context
- humor
- baths
- purity
- patterns
- speech
- ceremonies
- purification
- use
- suicide
- meals
- offerings
- forms
- acts
- drama
- killing
- washing
- regulation
- circumcision
- songs
- symbols
- dance
- action
- theory
- uses
- hoard
- leaders
- symbolism
- activities
- worship
- cannibalism
- dances
- observances
- status
- change
- magic
- elements
- bathing
- objects
- functions
- kinship
- abuse
- politics
- behavior
- healing
- pollution
- vessel
- year
- bath
- experts
- art
- behaviour
- music
- events
- texts
- performance
- secrecy
- sacrifices
- specialists
- space
How ritual often is described ("________ ritual")
- sacred
- dramatic
- anglican
- empty
- regular
- solemn
- buddhist
- simple
- entire
- primitive
- egyptian
- religious
- vedic
- annual
- secular
- prescribed
- shamanic
- formal
- priestly
- ceremonial
- important
- civic
- appropriate
- pagan
- african
- public
- magic
- symbolic
- weekly
- masonic
- meaningless
- usual
- mere
- daily
- royal
- domestic
- magical
- christian
- tantric
- tribal
- day
- sacrificial
- nightly
- familiar
- male
- islamic
- communal
- collective
- proper
- secret
- customary
- complicated
- traditional
- greek
- strange
- yearly
- elaborate
- funerary
- roman
- complex
- ancient
