ritually

ritually prepare for a special occasion

ritually mark important milestones

ritually bless a new home

Hair was ritually combed before battle.

Oh, I do. I just don't care to watch them ritually mutilate their child.

Still others were sunk in lakes, put out to sea, ritually cannibalized, or cremated.

Banquets, moreover, create a rare space where formal rituals are enacted: the guest list, menu, and seating - are ritually scripted.

Technically, challah refers to any bread that has been ritually sanctified, but most people know it as a sweet, leavened, egg-enriched braided loaf.

The season long festival for Lono is call " Makahiki" and during this the Hawaiian King, who is associated with Ku, is ritually defeated.

And there's a further problem with the " Cook equals Lono" equation, which is that nothing in Hawaiian religion has any of their gods being ritually killed.

The dark stone is flecked with white, snake-like streaks, which gives it its name, serpentine and when you look more closely, you can see the face has been pierced, and has been ritually scarred.

We clambered unsteadily into a small rocking boat, as, on shore, a handful of handsome young boys in elaborate gold pantaloons held up five-armed oil-lamps and began practicing the purgation by fire they'd ritually perform that night.

A pious Jew of that time would have been rendered ritually unclean by touching a dead body, but Jesus touches the dead body of the daughter of Jairus as He raises her back to life.