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Ritual: The performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by tradition or by sacerdotal decree. Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behaviour exhibited by all known societies. It is thus possible to view ritual as a way of defining or describing humans.
(from Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., ed. 2008)
(from Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., ed. 2008)
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