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cérémonie religieuse

Definitions of cérémonie religieuse
  1. noun
    an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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    types:
    liturgie
    a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
  2. noun
    a ceremony having religious meaning
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    types:
    culte, office
    the act of public worship following prescribed rules
    sacrement
    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 unction
    onction, sacrement, sanctification
    a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
    onction, sacrement
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
    messe
    (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
    office
    a service conducted in a house of worship
    liturgie
    a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
    baptême
    a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
    expiation
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
    extrême-onction
    a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
    béatification, canonisation
    (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
    consécration
    (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God
    grand-messe
    a solemn and elaborate Mass with music
    messe basse
    a Mass recited without music
    type of:
    cérémonie
    the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
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