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Ceremonially

adverb
1.
In a ceremonious manner.  Synonym: ceremoniously.
2.
In a ceremonial manner.  Synonym: ritually.






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"Ceremonially" Quotes from Famous Books



... supposed that, being originally totem animals, they thereby became domesticated by their worshippers; that they were occasionally slain as a rite for the renewal of the bond between them and their worshippers, their blood being smeared or sprinkled on the latter, and their flesh ceremonially eaten by them; and that the eating of them has become more and more frequent, until now every religious rite, of however small importance, is made the occasion for the killing and eating of them. It might also be supposed that, with the development or the adoption ...
— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall

... an Eastern he goes to the water-closet the first thing in the morning, or rather dawn, and then washes ceremonially before saying the first prayer. In Europe he would probably wait until after breakfast. See vol. ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton

... is disposed to bless man, the other to do him harm. The conflict of virtue and vice in man is a contest for control on the part of these antagonistic powers. In order to keep off the spirits of evil, one must avoid what is morally or ceremonially unclean. He who lived pure, went up at death to the spirits of light. The evil soul departed to consort with evil spirits in the region of darkness. Mithra, the sun-god in the Zoroastrian system, ...
— Outline of Universal History • George Park Fisher



Words linked to "Ceremonially" :   unceremoniously, ceremonial, ceremoniously



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