Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism;
- Example: "a feudal or ritualistic society"- Example: "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ritualistic \Rit`u*al*is"tic\, a.
Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to
ritualism.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ritualistic
adj 1: of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a
feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing
of a sheep"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "ritualistic":
High-Church, baptismal, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional,
decorous, eucharistic, formal, formular, formulary, hieratic,
liturgic, liturgistic, paschal, pompous, ritual, sacerdotal,
sacramental, sacramentarian, solemn, stately, well-mannered