binding ritual
Oath-making rite
A binding ritual is a ceremony intended to create an unbreakable connection or obligation between people, entities, or forces.
The term appears most often in fantasy fiction and occult practice, where such rituals might seal a contract with supernatural consequences or tie souls together permanently.
In religious contexts, marriage ceremonies function as binding rituals.
The phrase emphasizes that participants cannot easily escape the commitment: The binding ritual required blood from both parties.
- oathFormal binding promise
- sworn oathFormal binding promise
- blood oathVow sealed by bloodshed
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- spellArrange letters correctly
ceremony · pact · vow · contract · incantation · dark magic · sacred · blood · candles · circle · summoning · sacrifice · knot · promise · seal · invoke · true name · curse
- ritualsrite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer
- binding spellsimmobilization
- FaustianMephistopheles, Faust, Goethe, devil pact, Dr. Faustus
- ritualrite, invocation, incantation, litany, supplication
- sacred riteswedding, funeral, burial, cremation, christening
binding ritualempty gesture
Insincere symbolic act
gentleman's agreement · mere formality · lip service · verbal agreement · handshake deal
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