Sentence examples for ritual application from inspiring English sources

Anointment, ritual application of oil or fat to the head or body of a person or to an object; an almost universal practice in the history of religions, although both the cultic practice followed and the sacred substance employed vary from one religion to another.

Gugenheim developed a special protocol for the ritual application of gold to scars.

The project uses photo and video to document the ritual application of gold leaf onto scars, in a custom protocol the artist has developed.

Such a double standard is itself an unequivocal sign of the ritual application of NHST.

I remember as a young girl in my village in Greece being asked to manually turn the spit of our lamb; I thought it was a great technological feat to have a motorized spit turner introduced to our yearly Pascha ritual — real-life application of the John Henry fable.

Since the gold cannot remain on one's body forever, the ritual involves the application and removal of gold from skin.

We can wring our hands about the arduous college-application ritual that ambitious young people endure during their high-school years.

Mr. Gellert had always wanted to study the role of shamanic ritual in enhancing the application of traditional plant medicines.

Nothing too mad – I'm not one for going back and forth to the sink to rinse off a thousand ointments at the best of times – but just one ritual: one product, one application, for instant radiance.

The accompanying ritual includes (1) the application of marks on the forehead, characterizing the adherents of a particular religious community, (2) the presentation of offerings (water, flowers) to the Sun, and (3) meditative concentration.

In exchange for pilfered first-class meals, Viktor, with his balky English and cheery disposition, plays Cyrano for Enrique, who is smitten with Dolores (Zoë Saldana), the immigration officer who performs the daily ritual of rejecting Viktor's application for permission to enter the United States.