Still, the offices of the state attorney general and the United States attorney in Brooklyn have opened inquiries into the matter, accompanied by the all - too - familiar rituals of denial and disbelief in Albany, a place intimately familiar with investigations into accusations of corruption. (mobile.nytimes.com)
Back to back, these mutable incarnations filled with the words of male, would - be artistic prophets show how much ideology is defined by context — and by defamiliarising the sense of these situations by introducing out - of - place texts, just how much our interactions and identities are circumscribed by familiar rituals scripted by habit. (sensesofcinema.com)
Through his priestly role the minister brings familiar rituals and theological beliefs to serve as vehicles of trust. (religion-online.org)