Syn. — Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.
Ritenuto
(||Ri`te*nu"to) a. [It.] (Mus.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
Ritornelle
(Rit`or*nelle" ||Ri`tor*nel"lo) n. [It. ritornello, dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return: cf.
F. ritournelle.] (Mus.) (a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting
of the burden of the song. (a) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course
of a vocal piece; an interlude.
Ritratto
(||Ri*trat"to) n.[It.] A picture. Sterne.
Ritual
(Rit"u*al) a.[L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.] Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual
service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
Ritual
(Rit"u*al), n. [Cf. F. rituel.]
1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish
ritual.
2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.
3. A book containing the rites to be observed.
Ritualism
(Rit"u*al*ism) n. [Cf. F. ritualisme.]
1. A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance
of, a ritual.
2. 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.) that were sanctioned in the second
year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally
disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal
Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.
Ritualist
(Rit"u*al*ist) n. [CF. F. ritualiste.] One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates
or practices ritualism.
Ritualistic
(Rit`u*al*is"tic) a. Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.
Ritually
(Rit"u*al*ly), adv. By rites, or by a particular rite.
Rivage
(Riv"age) n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]
1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] Spenser.
From the green rivage many a fall
Of diamond rillets musical.
Tennyson. 2. (O.Eng.Law) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Rival
(Ri"val) n. [F. rival (cf. It. rivale), L. rivales two neigbors having the same brook in common,
rivals, fr. rivalis belonging to a brook, fr. rivus a brook. Cf. Rivulet, Rete.]
1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. [Obs.]
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,
The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste.
Shak.
