the prescribed order of performing a ceremony or act, especially one characteristic of a particular religionan organized system of beliefs expressed through rituals and symbols and concerned with the supernatural in some way; the way a society holds itself together and "sells" its ethics and standards to the next generation - no culture has ever survived without religion More or church; rituals are usually collectivisticculturally, it is a view of ones self as part of a larger group or network such as family, friends, or co-workers behaviors and most often include a specialist overseeing the activity or activities
