Sentence examples for prescribed ritual from inspiring English sources

Such prescribed ritual is of equal, if not more, importance than the artistic skill employed in the production of the work.

The religious nature of the seder with its carefully prescribed ritual makes the dinner quite unlike family dinners held on civil holidays.

The seal may also serve to regulate the speech of the dead, which was sometimes sought through rituals for its prophetic powers, but also highly regulated as dangerous; mystery religions that offered arcane knowledge of the afterlife prescribed ritual silence.

I found magnificent architecture, arching ceilings, frescoes, pillars... and a prescribed ritual of 16 steps (Not 14, not 17, but 16).

There are very prescribed rituals and foods.

Forgiveness is administered via prescribed rituals sanctified by centuries of uninterrupted use.

In fact, Jesus preached a religious doctrine, prescribed rituals and worshiped in a temple.

In the bitter cold, relatives and friends gathered and meticulously followed the prescribed rituals for the dead.

The ceremonial essentials of the occasion – the stars and stripes banners, the dignitaries and the prescribed rituals of the swearings-in – were familiar and traditional.

Speculations regarding sacrifice and prescribed rituals seem to have been worked out more fully in the Vedic and later Hindu religion in India than anywhere else.

The prescribed rituals derive their force from their having been performed many times before.