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ritualism 1. emphasis, esp exaggerated emphasis, on the importance of rites and ceremonies 2. the study of rites and ceremonies, esp magical or religious ones How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Doherty, professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota, and author of The Intentional Family adds, "Children are natural ritualists. You will not explore Archbishop Thomas Cranmer's compromises that kept Puritans and ritualists together at the same table; you won't read of such curiosities as Elizabeth I introducing her astrologer's zodiac signs into the daily lectionary, or the timidity that led the framers of the 1959 BCP to omit such controversial verses as Psalm 137:7-9--nor why the editors of the Book of Alternative Services restored them. Like local officials, Portillo digs up circumstantial evidence against the aforementioned cops, as well as gang members, an Egyptian chemist employed by one of the multinationals, narco traffickers, cult ritualists, gringo thrill-killers from across the border, even a conspiracy of bus drivers. |
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