sacrificial rituals
Sacred slaughter rites
Sacrificial rituals are ceremonial acts in which something of value—an animal, food, or occasionally a human—is offered to a deity or supernatural force.
The sacrifice may seek favor, atonement, or cosmic balance.
The term extends to any formalized practice involving deliberate loss or destruction for a higher purpose: The company's sacrificial rituals around quarterly earnings bordered on superstition.
- altarSacred ritual table
- ancient templeOld religious structure
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- oblationReligious gift offering
- sin offeringSacrifice for wrongdoing
ceremony · morality · ancestor worship · grief · shamanism · rain dance · harvest festival · tradition · animism · immolation · redemption · purification · consecration · invocation · scapegoat · high priest · devotion · offering
sacrificial ritualsblessing ceremonies
Rituals conferring divine favor
harvest festivals · celebratory feasts · coronation rites · initiation rites
sacrificial ritualscommercial transactions
Exchanges involving payment
recreational activities · domestic chores · entertainment · business dealings
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