1. (a.) Stated; prescribed; ritual.

2. (n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulae, etc.; a book of precedents.

3. (n.) Prescribed form or model; formula.

High-Church Procrustean law act authoritative baptismal bill binding bylaw canon canonical ceremonial ceremonious ceremony code conventionalized criterion decree dictate dictated dictation didactic duty edict enactment eucharistic extrinsic form form of worship formal formalist formalistic formality formula formular function guideline hard and fast holy rite impersonal institution instructive jus law law of nature legalistic legislation lex liturgic liturgistic liturgy mandatory maxim measure mode of worship mystery nominal norm norma observance office official order of nature order of worship ordinance ordonnance outward paschal pedantic practice preceptive prescribed prescribed form prescript prescription prescriptive principle receipt recipe regulation rite ritual ritual observance ritualistic rituality rubric rule ruling sacrament sacramental sacramentarian service set form solemnity standard standing order statute statutory stylized superficial surface universal law