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ritual

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ adjective C1
  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. · They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
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“And that’s the story of the Musgrave Ritual, Watson.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 28 · B2
The Musgrave Ritual
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 1 · B2
“These,” said he, “are all that I have left to remind me of the adventure of the Musgrave Ritual.”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 4 · B2
The third of these cases was that of the Musgrave Ritual, and it is to the interest which was aroused by that singular chain of events, and the large issues which proved to be at stake, that I trace my first stride towards the position which I now hold.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 5 · B2

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