#synonymiser Hello, dear readers! Here is the closing post of 2023 – a little collection of words relating to rituals of different kinds along with examples from articles and books to make the distinctions clearer. Hope you'll enjoy this somewhat tinier post nonetheless. And happy New Year, keep calm and carry on in 2024! Keep on doing what's good for yourself and someone else. And here go the synonyms! 🔸mores – the traditional patterns of behaviour that are typical of certain parts of society ▫️We are going to have to change the complete mores, taboos and cultural motivations of these people before we can get our mine into operation. (Harry Harrison – Deathworld. The Horse Barbarians) ▫️The mores, as thus conceived, are the judgments of public opinion in regard to issues that have been settled and forgotten. (Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess – Introduction to the Science of Sociology) ▫️Cultural conservatives will put up with a certain amount of pandering to more modern mores with a nudge and a wink. (The Daily Beast) 🔸rite – a set of fixed words and actions that are often part of a religious ceremony ▫️Another summer has passed, and with its passing the rites of autumn have begun. (The Daily Beast) ▫️In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church. (The Pastor's Fire-Side) ▫️The wooden floors sloped, and signed photos of Harry Houdini and Harry Blackstone hung on the walls, like patron saints presiding over sacred, mysterious rites. (The Washington Post) 🔸custom – a regularly repeated act of tradition ▫️So things remained till one fine summer day they went for their yearly little outing together, as they had made it their custom to do for a long while past. (Thomas Hardy – Life's Little Ironies) ▫️When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room. (Charles J. Wills – The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I) 🔸ritual – traditions associated with religious ceremonies ▫️The room was full of dozens of urns, each full of olive oil, used in some of the Yezidi rituals. (The Daily Beast) ▫️A connection may have existed between human sacrificial ceremonies that were intended to appease Inca deities and events held at Lake Titicaca, including the submerging of ritual offerings, the researchers suggest. (ScienceNews)