Ritual
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: rite; a repeated set of actions
Example sentence: The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon.
Rite
Part of speech: noun
Definition: religious custom
Example sentence: Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage.