Ritual: alternatives and connections

The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.

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The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed;…

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The act, process, or time of celebrating.

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The act of sharing; community; participation.

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The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ce…

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The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

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The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

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Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use; usage; employment.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn ob…

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