noun
- adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- the study of ritual practices or religious rites.
- excessive fondness for ritual.
adjective
- of, relating to, or suggestive of ritualism
noun
- emphasis, esp exaggerated emphasis, on the importance of rites and ceremonies
- the study of rites and ceremonies, esp magical or religious ones
1844, from ritualist “one versed in or devoted to rituals” (1650s; see ritual) + -ic. Related: Ritualism (1838).