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ritualistic

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The tea house/table is for the use of the neighbourhood community, who can engage in either ritualistic contemplation or communal jollification.
IN the not-so-proud history of ritualistic hazing, there have certainly been greater abuses and indignities inflicted on people than being tricked into eating a few bites of dog food.
The wording that just staggered me (I kept reading it over and over) was as follows: "The national motto is excluded from First Amendment significance because the motto 'has no theological or ritualistic impact' and is of a purely secular, 'patriotic' and 'ceremonial character.
 
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