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• a  of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
  a feudal or ritualistic society
  the ritualistic killing of a sheep

• He was finding orthodox dianetics "ritualistic and sterile.
• And I constantly worried that his ritualistic behaviors--like his insistence on sitting in the same seat in the last row of the city bus and crawling over anyone to get there--were .
• Instead of a structured, ritualistic restaurant with codes and routine, he gave them a simple, casual and identifiable restaurant with friendly service, low prices, no waiting and .

News & Articles

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• On point: Amendola, Bernard lead PPR charge
  Fanatics are a stubborn species by nature. These are people who refuse to negotiate pizza toppings, veto every proposed rule change, never alter team names and imbibe the same beer brand draft-after-draft. Almost ritualistic in their superstitions, they rarely waver. Mules and Tom Coughlin offer more flexibility. However, these bullheads of the virtual gridiron are [...]
  June 23, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports
• At the Van Cliburn Competition, Perfection Is Subjective
  Before every pitch in a major league baseball game, there's a moment of stillness. The pitcher nods to the catcher, then maybe he goes through a ritualistic hat tug or arm shake. Before he winds up, he stops and he prepares. The eyes of the crowd rest on him, waiting. On May 24, 23-year-o...
  June 19, 2013 - Dallas Observer

Quotes

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• Peter Mandelson in International Herald Tribune
  At the moment, we hear from some quarters, from the Australian government, a lot of bashing of Europe,Mandelson told Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio. "It's a lot of ritualistic abuse, which we're well used to."
• Kishore Kumar in Thaindian.com (blog)
  This samadhi of the 'desh-ratn', as Rajendra Prasad is locally known, is forgotten except for the annual ritualistic respect,said Surendra Kishore Sharma, a retired government official, who lives in Lodipur not far from the samadhi.
• Emile Durkheim in Times Online
  The trial judge pointed to the ritualistic and satanic aspects of the allegations, the rote manner in which the children recalled the abuse, and the fact that, if the children's stories were accepted, twelve individual adults, many with young... Louise Charron http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Charron&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFcx5-3TC6iaGRsr9-qCjjtxfg2SA Globe and Mail http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ruling-gives-crown-stronger-shield-against-lawsuits/article1355204/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHHcc7krsgJyZvrO9okx6wCNKdPtQ Nov 7, 2009 84293 111999 ritually The French anthropologist Emile Durkheim, widely considered the father of sociology, described dancing as the ritually induced passion or ecstasy that cements social bonds".