English words for 'The quality of being ritual.'
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noun
- A religious rite or ritual.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
noun
- A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- (uncountable) Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
- (uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
- An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
- any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- a formal event performed on a special occasion
- the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
noun
adj
noun
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- an authoritative command
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- the activity of worshipping
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
verb
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
noun
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
verb
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
noun
- An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
- (law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
- The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
- (Catholicism) A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.
- a trait of dignified seriousness
- a solemn and dignified feeling
noun
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
adj
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
noun
noun
- The state of being revered.
- That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
- An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
- A form of address for some members of the clergy.
- Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
- an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)
- a reverent mental attitude
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
verb
verb
- present as an act of worship
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
noun
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
noun
- Traditional beliefs or rituals.
- Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
- (collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
- A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
- money collected under a tariff
- accepted or habitual practice
- a specific practice of long standing
- habitual patronage
adj
- Own, personal, not standard or premade.
- (especially agriculture) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
- Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
- made according to the specifications of an individual
noun
- a system of religious beliefs and rituals
- followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
- followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false
- (religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
- (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
- (chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
adj
verb
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- kill or destroy
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
noun
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
noun
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
adj
- Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
- Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
- Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
- (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
- concerned with religion or religious purposes
- (often followed by ‘to’) devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
- worthy of religious veneration
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- worthy of respect or dedication
verb
noun
- A culture in which rituals relating to the dead play a unique or important role.
- Nominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology; necrocracy.
- (figuratively) Endemic stagnation or decay.
- The enactment of policies held to lead, directly or indirectly, to death or an increased risk of death.
- The carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
noun
- The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
- (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
- (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- (countable) One such conjuring trick or illusion.
- Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
- (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
- The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- any art that invokes supernatural powers
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
adj
- Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
- (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
- (colloquial) Great; excellent.
- Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
verb
noun
noun
- A religious rite or ritual.
- (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- (law) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- (nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and Web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- (economics) The practice of providing assistance as economic activity.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- (business) Synonym of utility (“commodity provided on a continuous basis by a physical infrastructure network, such as electricity, water supply or sewerage”).
- (elliptical, uncountable) Work as a member of the military.
- (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- (sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group.
- Service tree.
- A department in a company, organization, or institution.
- (with the) The military.
- a force that is a branch of the armed forces
- periodic maintenance on a car or machine
- work done by one person or group that benefits another
- a means of serving
- the act of mating by male animals
- employment in or work for another
- the act of public worship following prescribed rules
- a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
- an act of help or assistance; something (such as a tool, software or system) used to render said help or assistance
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of their lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to them
- (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
verb
- (transitive) To make a repayment or pay interest (on a debt).
- (transitive) To serve.
- (transitive) To perform maintenance.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To attack.
- (public relations, transitive) To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform a sexual act upon.
- mate with
- be used by; as of a utility
- make fit for use
noun
- A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- (uncountable) Show of magnificence, display, ostentation.
- (uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality.
- An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
- any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- a formal event performed on a special occasion
- the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
noun
adj
noun
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- an authoritative command
noun
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- the activity of worshipping
- (music, slang) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
- (Christianity, especially Catholicism) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
- An object of worship.
- a feeling of profound love and admiration
verb
- To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- show devotion to (a deity)
- attend religious services
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
noun
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
- any joyous diversion
noun
- An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
- (law) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
- The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
- (Catholicism) A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.
- a trait of dignified seriousness
- a solemn and dignified feeling
noun
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- The state of being revered.
- That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
- An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
- A form of address for some members of the clergy.
- Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
- an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)
- a reverent mental attitude
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
verb
noun
- Traditional beliefs or rituals.
- Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
- (collectively) The habitual patrons (i.e. customers) of a business; business support.
- A custom (made-to-order) piece of art, etc.
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
- money collected under a tariff
- accepted or habitual practice
- a specific practice of long standing
- habitual patronage
adj
- Own, personal, not standard or premade.
- (especially agriculture) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
- Made or done in a way adjusted to fit the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.
- made according to the specifications of an individual
noun
- a system of religious beliefs and rituals
- followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices
- followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false
- (religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
- (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
- (chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
adj
noun
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
noun
- A culture in which rituals relating to the dead play a unique or important role.
- Nominal governance by a dead person, through posthumous holding of an official position of authority, or by popular veneration and lasting influence of a personal ideology; necrocracy.
- (figuratively) Endemic stagnation or decay.
- The enactment of policies held to lead, directly or indirectly, to death or an increased risk of death.
- The carrying out of mass and organized killing as an official policy of a state.
noun
- The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
- (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
- (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- (countable) One such conjuring trick or illusion.
- Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
- (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
- The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- any art that invokes supernatural powers
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
adj
- Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
- (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
- (colloquial) Great; excellent.
- Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
verb
noun
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
verb
- perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- give or apply (medications)
- direct the taking of
- work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- (transitive, medicine) To give (a drug, to a patient), be it orally or by any other means.
- (transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
- (law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
- (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- To give, as an oath.
- (intransitive) To minister (to).
verb
- present as an act of worship
- ask (someone) to marry you
- present for acceptance or rejection
- produce or introduce on the stage
- offer verbally
- propose a payment
- agree freely
- mount or put up
- threaten to do something
- give something useful or necessary to
- make available for sale
- make available; provide
- put forward for consideration
- (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present (something) for sale.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice.
- (transitive, of a thing) To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc.
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
noun
- a usually brief attempt
- the verbal act of offering
- something offered (as a proposal or bid)
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- A proposal that has been made.
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
verb
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- kill or destroy
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
noun
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
noun
adj
adj
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
noun
adj
- Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
- Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
- Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
- Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
- (followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
- Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
- concerned with religion or religious purposes
- (often followed by ‘to’) devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person
- worthy of religious veneration
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- worthy of respect or dedication