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religious rite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun religious rite has 1 sense
- religious rite(n = noun.act) rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" is a kind of religious ceremony, religious ritual
has particulars: vigil, watch, last rites, orgy, circumcision, liturgy, office
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