| 单词 | religious ritual |
| 释义 | religious ritual (once / 62537 pages) n WORD FAMILY religious ritual: religious rituals USAGE EXAMPLESClatto and his team of high school students found items that were consistent with traditional African religious rituals. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) Sticks for playing a Native American sport, which originated as a religious ritual before it became the game we know as lacrosse. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) Morris Moncure says the objects in the bathroom have led investigators to wonder whether the child was being used in a religious ritual. Washington Times(Oct 27, 2016) n a ceremony having religious meaning Syn|Hypo|Hyper religious ceremony agape, love feast a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship religious rite, ritean established ceremony prescribed by a religion divine service, religious service, servicethe act of public worship following prescribed rules sacramenta 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 confirmationa 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 sanctificationa religious ceremony in which something is made holy Oblation, religious offeringthe act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist inunction, unctionanointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual libationthe act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony Mass(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist vigil, watchthe rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) last ritesrites performed in connection with a death or burial orgysecret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity circumcisionthe act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite church, church servicea service conducted in a house of worship devotionala short religious service prayer meeting, prayer servicea service at which people sing hymns and pray together chapel, chapel servicea service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar liturgya rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship officea religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities committal serviceservice committing a body to the grave nonea service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier vespera late afternoon or evening worship service watch nighta devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharista Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine Offertorythe part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God matrimonythe ceremony or sacrament of marriage baptisma Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth confirmationa sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church penancea Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last ritesa Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation holy orderthe sacrament of ordination beatification(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization canonisation, canonization(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints consecration(religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God High Massa solemn and elaborate Mass with music Low Massa Mass recited without music Requiema Mass celebrated for the dead ceremony the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion |
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