religious ceremony

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religious ceremony - a ceremony having religious meaningreligious ritualceremony - 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 fellowshipreligious 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 unctionconfirmation - 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 Judaismsanctification - a religious ceremony in which something is made holyreligious offering, Oblation - the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharistinunction, unction - anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing rituallibation - the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremonyMass - (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist