Sociologically, what term best applies to a group of people who share no common destination taking an elevator from the first floor of a large high rise?

They are referred to as a CATEGORY.

Explanation: A category in sociology can be defined as a number of things that do not interact but share similar characteristics.

For example, the people in the elevator can be women, men, the elderly, children etc, they all share the same characteristics but do not interact as they are not going to the same destination.

it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.