rituals (noun)

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• tantra — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, warp, from tanoti he stretches, weaves; akin to Greek teinein to stretch more at thin Date: 1799 one of the later Hindu or Buddhist scriptures dealing especially with techniques and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sacred mushroom — noun the button shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin • Syn: ↑mescal button, ↑magic mushroom • Hypernyms: ↑plant organ • Part Holonyms: ↑mescal, ↑mezcal, ↑peyote …   Useful english dictionary

• Bahaism — noun a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in… …   Useful english dictionary

• plymouth brother — noun (plural plymouth brethren) Usage: usually capitalized P&B : a member of a religious body organized about 1830 in Plymouth, England, that takes the Bible as its sole guide, protests against sectarianism and rejects creeds and rituals, has no… …   Useful english dictionary

• epicure — noun Etymology: Epicurus Date: 1565 1. archaic one devoted to sensual pleasure ; sybarite 2. one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine Synonyms: epicure, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome mean one who takes pleasure in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Freemason — noun Date: 1646 a member of a major fraternal organization called Free and Accepted Masons or Ancient Free and Accepted Masons that has certain secret rituals …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Shingon — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1727 an esoteric Japanese Buddhist sect claiming the achievement of Buddhahood in this life through prescribed rituals …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• suffumigation — noun The burning of substances to produce fumes as part of some magical rituals …   Wiktionary

• cowan — noun a) A worker in unmortared stone. b) A person who wishes to learn the secrets of Masonry without experiencing the rituals or going through the degrees …   Wiktionary

• longpig — noun Human flesh when cooked in cannibalistic rituals in certain Pacific Islands, due to the alleged similarity to cooked pork …   Wiktionary

• bonnet drama — noun Costume drama set in an era when bonnets were worn. Bonnet drama, conversely, removes us tidily from any such responsibility to a world of rules and rituals, where everyone knows their place …   Wiktionary