Cultural Practices And Rituals

noun a person who regularly attends church services

• The churchgoer attended mass every Sunday without fail.
• The churchgoer never misses a Sunday service.
• That churchgoer is always at church, rain or shine.
• She was a churchgoer in the sense that she worshipped nature instead of a deity.

noun a payment or gift given by a bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage, traditionally in some cultures

• The dowry presented by the bride's family was a significant amount of money and jewelry.
• I heard that the dowry for the wedding was pretty generous.
• The dowry was no joke, they really went all out for the wedding.
• In some cultures, education is seen as a dowry that parents give to their children.

noun language or ritual that is meaningless or unintelligible

adjective used to describe something that is confusing or nonsensical

• The speaker's presentation was filled with technical jargon and mumbo-jumbo that made it hard to follow.
• I tried reading that contract but it was full of legal mumbo-jumbo that I couldn't make sense of.
• Don't listen to him, he's just spouting a bunch of mumbo-jumbo.
• Her explanation was so confusing, it sounded like she was speaking in mumbo-jumbo.