Relating to ceremonies or external forms or rites: ritual; pertaining to or consisting in the observance of set forms or formalities.Specifically Pertaining to the forms and rites of the Jewish religion: as, the ceremonial law, as distinguished from the moral law.Observant of forms; precise in manners; formal: as, “the dull, ceremonial track,”Synonyms Ceremonious, Formal, etc. See ceremonious.n. A system of rites or ceremonies enjoined by law or established by custom, as in religious worship, social intercourse, etc.; rites, formalities, or requirements of etiquette, to be observed on any special occasion.n. Specifically The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic Church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.n. A prehistoric stone implement-supposed to have been used for ceremonial purposes.