Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

ritual

/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ adjective, noun

Forms rituals rituall

adjective Related to a rite or repeated set of actions. “They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.”
noun A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts (that is, a service). “The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.”

Synonyms

From Latin rītuālis (adjective), from rītus (“rite”) + -ālis. Displaced native Old English ġewuna and wuna.

adjective Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
noun A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
noun Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.

Etymology [L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.]

Etymology [Cf. F. rituel.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ritual”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “ritual” (best matches first).

अथर्वाण atharvāṇa the work, i.e. ritual of the Atharva-veda.
आपस्तम्ब āpastamba name of a renowned sage and writer on ritual.
आरुणपराजिन् āruṇaparājin name of an ancient Kalpa work on the ritual of the Brāhmaṇas.
उच्छास्त्रवर्तिन् uc-chāstra-vartin deviating from the law-books, transgressing the ritual-books.
वैधिक vaidhika in accordance with rule, giving precepts or commands, preceptive, ritual.
उक्थिन् ukthin uttering verses, praising, lauding; accompanied by praise, or (in ritual) by ukthas.
कल्प्य kalpya to be made or contrived or performed, to be prescribed; relating to ritual; to be substituted.
ऊढ ūḍha carried as a load or burden; married; ( ā ), f. a bride, a wife espoused according to the ritual.