Sentence examples for of common ritual from inspiring English sources

A number of common ritual elements were used alone or combined in various ways.

As a result of common ritual practices, they are sometimes collectively referred to as the Sephardic (Spanish) or Mizrahi (Eastern) Jews.

That's a classic exercise of political patronage, not much different than the common ritual of offering a rich donor a cushy ambassadorship.

Unlike Americans in the television age, who shared the common ritual of watching an Ed Sullivan or a Walter Cronkite at the same hour every night, modern Americans increasingly customize their information, picking up radically different perspectives from whichever sources they trust -- Fox News or MSNBC, Newsmax or Huffington Post.

The veneration of the Buddha or Buddha figure is a common ritual often practiced independently of other rituals.

Mr. Schenker, who has Pearl Jam lyrics tattooed along his left arm and left thigh, treats the practice of air guitar with great reverence, and a propulsive display of air drumming is such a common ritual in the kitchen at Recette that it should probably be listed as an invisible garnish for most items on the menu.

This is not just the case with Y Combinator startups of course; it has become a common ritual across accelerator programs everywhere.

Unlike the Catholic Mass, the ceremony may vary, but the one common ritual is acknowledgement of who you are and why you are there so you never forget.

It is a common ritual at NBC to broadcast dress rehearsals of the venerable comedy show throughout Rockefeller Center on the evening of a performance.

Here is one that I starred a pensive discourse by protagonist Marion Stone on the common rituals of patients seeking succor at the missionary hospital of his youth: I'd learned many things about suffering … first that white was the uniform of suffering, and cotton its fabric.

Common rituals ending this period of ambiguity and vulnerability are those that alert the ancestors of the woman's pregnancy and prompt their protection of the unborn child.