ritual meal
Ceremonial dining occasion
A ritual meal is a ceremonial eating occasion with religious or cultural significance, where the food, its preparation, and consumption follow prescribed traditions.
The Passover Seder, communion, and Thanksgiving dinner are ritual meals—eating becomes an act of remembrance, celebration, or spiritual observance rather than mere nourishment.
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- Christmas dinnerFestive seasonal meal
- Passover SederJewish Exodus commemoration dinner
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- IftarRamadan fast-ending meal
altar · sacrament · breaking bread · seder · kiddush · transubstantiation · feast · Last Supper · mass · kosher · religious observance · thanksgiving · grace before meals · Roman Empire · dough · sacrifice · wine · unleavened bread
formality and ceremony
ritual mealcasual dining
Moderately priced sit-down eating
snack · quick bite · fast food · grab-and-go · working lunch