religious ceremony

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religious ceremony - a ceremony having religious meaning

religious ritual

ceremony - the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"

love feast, agape - a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship

religious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

divine service, religious service, service - the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"

sacrament - a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

confirmation - a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

sanctification - a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

religious offering, Oblation - the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist

inunction, unction - anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

libation - the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony

Mass - (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

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From these men I learnt that the multitude was on its way to a great religious ceremony, which was to take place on a hill at a little distance from Somnauth.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

For my own part, although hardly a day passed while I remained upon the island that I did not witness some religious ceremony or other, it was very much like seeing a panel of 'Freemasons' making secret signs to each other; I saw everything, but could comprehend nothing.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

At first, I imagine, they ate lion meat as a part of their religious ceremony but after many generations they came to crave it so that now it is practically the only flesh they eat.

Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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