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RELIGIOUS RITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An established ceremony prescribed by a religion

Example:

the rite of baptism

Synonyms:

religious rite; rite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("religious rite" is a kind of...):

religious ceremony; religious ritual (a ceremony having religious meaning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "religious rite"):

vigil; watch (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))

last rites (rites performed in connection with a death or burial)

orgy (secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity)

circumcision (the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite)

liturgy (a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship)

office (a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities)

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