Setting, period & milieu · Working

Ritual

Also called: ceremony

ELI5

A formalised repeated action carrying social, religious or symbolic meaning.

Used in conversation

“The deck names the ritual; now the character and scene choices need to support it.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Ritual” in character, world, genre & tone conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.