RITUAL DANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ritual dance mean? 

• RITUAL DANCE (noun)
  The noun RITUAL DANCE has 1 sense:

1. a dance that is part of a religious ritual

  Familiarity information: RITUAL DANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RITUAL DANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dance that is part of a religious ritual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ceremonial dance; ritual dance; ritual dancing

Hypernyms ("ritual dance" is a kind of...):

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ritual dance"):

apache devil dance (a ritual dance of the Apache)

dance of death; danse macabre (a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave)

ghost dance (a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead)

pyrrhic (an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare)

rain dance (a ritual dance intended to bring rain)

snake dance (a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked)

sun dance (a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice)

war dance (a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory)

Holonyms ("ritual dance" is a part of...):

rite; ritual (any customary observance or practice)