The noun ritual has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) ritual, rite -- (any customary observance or practice)
2. (4) ritual -- (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)
3. ritual -- (stereotyped behavior)
Overview of adj ritual
The adj ritual has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ritual -- (of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing")
2. ritual -- (of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer)