ritualize v make or evolve into a ritual The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures Usage(s) They argue that the Jews created it as a way either to exclude women from their club or to ritualize the sacrifice of the firstborn male. In the years since the first Pulitzer prizes were awarded in 1917 Columbia has tended to ritualize the application of Joseph Pulitzer's will. At the profoundest levels, as well as at the most trivial, we hunger to ritualize our everyday lives. Synonym(s) ritualise