tritteric

[See def.] Of or belonging to the physicist Ritter, who, in 1801, first discovered the existence of Actinic rays. An old synonym of Actinic (q. v.). rit-ting-er-ite, s. [After Herr Rittinger; suff. ite ( Min.).] Min .: A rare mineral occurring in small rhombic tables, with native arsenic, at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, and Schemnitz, Hungary. Crystallization, monoclinic; hardne , 1.5-3; luster, sub-metallic to adamantine; color varying, dull honey-yellow to hyacinth-red, sometimes blackish in parts; streak, orange-yellow. Composition not definitely ascer tained, but consists e entially of arsenic, selenium, and silver. rit-u-al, *rit-u-all, a. & s. [Fr. rituel, from Lat. ritual is, from rit us =a rite; Span. ritual; Ital. rituale.] A. As adjective : 1. Of or pertaining to rites; consisting of rites. 2. Prescribing or regulating rites. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, ritualism B. As substantive: 1. A book in which the rites and ceremonies of a church, or of any special service, are set down. 2. The manner of performing divine service in any particular church or communion; ceremonial, rit-a-al-Işm, s. [Eng. ritual ; -ism .] 1. The system of ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; ritual. 2. The observance of prescribed rites or forms in religion. 3. A name sometimes used as synonymous with Tractarian ism (q. v.), more properly applied to the practices of a section of English High Churchmen, who sought to make the revival of Catholic doc trine manifest to the people by ornate ritual, and especially by the adoption of Eucharistic vestments. "It was out of such circumstances that what was afterward called Ritualism took its rise."-Blunt: Dict . Sects , p. 199.