ritualism - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • become: Children were taught via rote learning and the prayer became meaningless ritualism to some.

Adjective modifier

  • formalistic: Generally, given the emphasis on formalistic ritualism, we may call these tendencies of the Moscow Patriarchate a ' High Church ' .
  • excessive: It seems that this is the perennial problem of excessive ritualism and a trust in buildings or the externals of the faith.

Noun used with modifier

  • pagan: The Chi-Rho or Crook Inevitably, the Church adopted so-called pagan ritualism and its symbols.
  • church: Disraeli called high church ritualism " a mass in masquerade " .

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