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Starting off virtual Zoom ceremony? (6)

Ross

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ritual

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'ceremony?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for ritual that I've seen before include "Habit, routine" , "Ceremony, regular procedure" , "Series of actions used in religious ceremony" , "Ceremony following a prescribed order" , "Ceremony or protocol" .)

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