ritualize
verb
rit·u·al·ize
ˈri-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chə-ˌlīz;
ˈrich-wə-
ritualized; ritualizing
: to practice ritualism
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Using water as a healing space is one of the oldest ways that cultures have ritualized the experience of connection and purification.
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
Since the subjects aren’t greatly individualized, the film’s just-the-facts approach becomes naggingly repetitive, almost ritualized.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2023
Throughout history, enslaved Romani families likely used the concept of marimé as a way to ritualize hygiene in slave quarters.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
For some crypto executives, ritualized cleansing is not enough.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
Since the subjects aren’t greatly individualized, the film’s just-the-facts approach becomes naggingly repetitive, almost ritualized.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 May 2023
Throughout history, enslaved Romani families likely used the concept of marimé as a way to ritualize hygiene in slave quarters.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
For some crypto executives, ritualized cleansing is not enough.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
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“Ritualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ritualize. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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