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ceremonialism

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cer·e·mo·ni·al  (sr-mn-l)
adj.
1. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
2. Involved or used in ceremonies: ceremonial garb.
n.
1. A set of ceremonies prescribed for an occasion; a ritual.
2. A ceremony or rite.

cere·moni·al·ism n.
cere·moni·al·ist n.
cere·moni·al·ly adv.

ceremonialism
an addiction to ceremonies or ritualism, especially in social and other nonreligious contexts. — ceremonialist, n.
See also: Behavior


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Erasmus had the vision of an inward religion and he wanted to offer a corrective for what he had come to see as the common error of all those who were turning religion into empty ceremonialism.
What is built lies within the heart of each pilgrim, and it is not revealed externally except through a ceremonialism that is hardly spectacular even when multiplied by twenty million.
[23] Jewish and Catholic ceremonialism were two of a kind.
 
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