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OBSERVANCE |
Rite |
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WEDDING |
Nuptial rite |
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BORA |
Special Aboriginal initiation rite |
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REDISTRIBUTED |
Disturbed rite being allocated again |
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ORDINANCE |
An established rite or ceremony. |
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INITIATORY |
An introductory act or rite. |
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ORIENTAL |
Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. |
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CONFIRMATORY |
Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. |
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RITUALLY |
By rites, or by a particular rite. |
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AUGURY |
A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. |
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OCCIDENTALS |
Western Christians of the Latin rite. See
Orientals. |
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CONFIRM |
To administer the rite of confirmation to. See
Confirmation, 3. |
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ABDEST |
Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a
Mohammedan rite. |
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SACRIFICE |
The offering of anything to God, or to a god;
consecratory rite. |
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EXEQUY |
A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of
burial; obsequies; funeral procession. |
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INITIATE |
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to
take the initiative. |
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CEREMONIAL |
Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual;
according to the forms of established rites. |
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UNSACRAMENT |
To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy;
as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism. |
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OBSERVER |
One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.;
one who conforms to anything in practice. |
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ANOINT |
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred
rite, especially for consecration. |
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BENEDICTION |
A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc.,
are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God. |
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ABLUTION |
The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the
washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. |
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SOLEMNITY |
A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence;
religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a
sacrament. |
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VICTIM |
A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the
performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an
offering of. |
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CELEBRATE |
To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or
solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to
celebrate a marriage. |