1. [adjective] Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
2. [noun] Rite; a repeated set of actions
3. [noun] Any customary observance or practice.
4. [noun] The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies.
5. [noun] Stereotyped behavior.
6. [adjective] Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; 'ritual killing'.
7. [adjective] Of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; 'a ritual dance of Haiti'; 'sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties'- Nadine Gordimer.