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| baptism |
a Christian rite in which an applicant for membership to the church is sprinkled with or immersed in water, signifying purification. [1/2 definitions] |
| baptize |
to administer the Christian rite of immersion in or sprinkling with water, to purify symbolically and admit to church membership. [2/4 definitions] |
| benefit of clergy |
a rite performed by a member of the clergy signifying the blessing of the church, such as a liturgical wedding or a prayer over a dying person. [1/2 definitions] |
| ceremonial |
a set of formalities or rites performed on certain occasions; rite. [1/3 definitions] |
| confirm |
to perform the religious rite of confirmation for. [1/4 definitions] |
| confirmation |
a religious rite or ceremony performed to admit a person to full adult membership in a church. [1/3 definitions] |
| confirmed |
having gone through the rite of confirmation. [1/3 definitions] |
| holy orders |
the rite of ordination into the priesthood. [1/3 definitions] |
| love feast |
a modern rite of certain Christian denominations that imitates this feast. [1/3 definitions] |
| Mass |
a religious rite, observed in the Roman Catholic and in certain other churches, that celebrates communion with God. |
| obsequy |
(usu. pl.) a funeral rite or ceremony. |
| observance |
a particular rite; ritual; custom. [1/4 definitions] |
| sacrament |
a sign, symbol, or rite regarded as having a holy or sanctifying character. [1/4 definitions] |
| tonsure |
the shaved or bare crown, esp. a bald spot on the head of a monk, shaved as a religious rite. [1/3 definitions] |
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