religious rite

  • 1religious rite — noun an established ceremony prescribed by a religion the rite of baptism • Syn: ↑rite • Derivationally related forms: ↑ritual (for: ↑rite) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 2rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… …

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  • 3Religious male circumcision — This article is about religious male circumcision. For the history of male circumcision, see History of male circumcision. For the Early Christian controversy, see Circumcision controversy in early Christianity. Religious male circumcision… …

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  • 4religious ceremony — noun a ceremony having religious meaning • Syn: ↑religious ritual • Hypernyms: ↑ceremony • Hyponyms: ↑agape, ↑love feast, ↑rite, ↑religious rite, ↑ …

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  • 5religious ritual — noun a ceremony having religious meaning • Syn: ↑religious ceremony • Hypernyms: ↑ceremony • Hyponyms: ↑agape, ↑love feast, ↑rite, ↑religious rite, ↑ …

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  • 6rite — noun a religious rite practiced for thousands of years Syn: ceremony, ritual, ceremonial; service, sacrament, liturgy, worship, office; act, practice, custom, tradition, convention, institution, procedure …

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  • 7Religious Life — • Overview and evangelical ideas on what makes up religious life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religious Life     Religious Life      …

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  • 8Rite premontre — Rite prémontré Le rite prémontré (en latin : ritus Praemonstratense) est l une des manière de célébrer la messe dans le catholicisme. Ce rite fut en vigueur au sein de l ordre des Prémontrés entre le XIIe siècle et 1970. Il est apparenté au… …

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  • 9rite — ► NOUN 1) a religious or other solemn ceremony or act. 2) a body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it. ● rite of passage Cf. ↑rite of passage ORIGIN Latin ritus (religious) usage …

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  • 10rite — [rīt] n. [ME < L ritus < IE * rēi , var. of base * ar , to join, fit > ART1, READ1, RATE1, ARITHMETIC] 1. a ceremonial or formal, solemn act, observance, or procedure in accordance with prescribed rule or custom, as in religious use …

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