The actual ritual for raising the dead is a short one, as rituals go.

I watched as the ritual of smelling and learning went on again.

After a while, Kirk found himself wondering how long the ritual was going to take.

The little rituals of the morning went on.

This ritual would go on for a whole weekend, so as to please the gods.

Going to see the house has become a ritual for many residents of neighboring towns.

As cultural rituals of induction go, this one was a little offbeat.

The ritual goes wrong, and Faith suffers a violent death.

The ritual had already been going on for hours.

Such rituals go back 10,000 years, but American law has taken time to recognize their validity.