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ritualistic

 adjective
     
rit‧u‧al‧is‧tic
ritualistic words or behaviour always follow the same pattern, especially because they form part of a ritual:
a ritualistic procession
the ritualistic marking of birth, marriage and death
—ritualistically adverb
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