Sentence examples for ritual distance from inspiring English sources

The balance of propriety suggests the ritual distance and emotional intelligence of Graham Greene, as characters simply go through their doomed motions (Mitchell).

Although Dusapin occasionally unleashes a Dionysian frenzy in the full orchestra, for the most part the musical action proceeds at a ritual distance.

The measure of propriety in their demeanors -- going through their doomed motions -- suggests the ritual distance and emotional intelligence of Graham Greene, while Ezequiel's career traces the same steps taken by Mr. Guzmán, the philosophy professor turned terrorist leader, right down to his capture.

India was another exception, because of ritual requirements that the social origins of intimate associates be known; there slaves were ritually distanced from their owners.

This was doubly disturbing for a community whose ancient funereal ceremonies lay great store by ritual purification and distancing the living from the 'contagion' of a corpse.

Rambam argues that this ritual is meant to distance Jewish practice from pagan blood rites.

In return, parents get news that is fresh and chances to share family rituals, even at a distance.

But for those who watch this ritual unfold from afar, at a distance from the grieving, it's easy to wonder whether this rite, this ritual, does anything to help those affected.

Elsewhere, he boggles at the indignity of single beds and considers his schooldays, at 20 years distance, as the exotic rituals of another era.

Sales agents at the center cited two factors as appealing to Orthodox Jews who live in Livingston or would like to move there: The synagogue is within walking distance, and a mikvah — a ritual bath house — has been built.

The voices — belonging to "those good and crazy people, my married friends"— seem to echo through Bobby's head like elements of some beautiful but arcane ritual that he can observe only from a distance.