Specifically : (a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc
Ritualistic actions or behaviour follow a similar pattern every time they are used. Each evening she bursts into her apartment with a ritualistic shout of `Honey I'm home!'
Ritualistic acts are the fixed patterns of behaviour that form part of a religious service or ceremony. the meditative and ritualistic practices of Buddhism. ritualistic words or behaviour always follow the same pattern, especially because they form part of a ritual