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godsdienstplechtigheid

Definitions of godsdienstplechtigheid
  1. noun
    a ceremony having religious meaning
    synonyms: godsdienstoefening
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    types:
    rite, ritus
    an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
    dienst, eredienst, kerk, kerkdienst, liturgie, viering
    the act of public worship following prescribed rules
    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 unction
    consecratie, heiliging, sanctificatie, wijding
    a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
    hecatombe, offer, offerande, offergave, wijgeschenk
    the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
    chrisma, zalving
    anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
    eucharistieviering, mis
    (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
    waak, wacht, wake
    the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
    besnijdenis, circumcisie
    the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
    dienst, eredienst, kerk, kerkdienst, liturgie, viering
    a service conducted in a house of worship
    bidstond, gebedsdienst, woorddienst
    a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
    kapel
    a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
    confirmatie
    a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
    boetedoening
    a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
    canonisatie, heiligverklaring, zaligverklaring
    (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
    bisschopswijding
    (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God
    requiem
    a Mass celebrated for the dead
    type of:
    ceremonie, plechtigheid, solemniteit
    the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
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