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vigil, watch

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

last rites

rites performed in connection with a death or burial

orgy

secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

circumcision

the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite

liturgy

a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

office

a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

viewing, wake

a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

agrypnia

a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)

Berit, Berith, Bris, Briss, Brith

the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life

Christian liturgy

the Christian worship services

Divine Office

canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)

Little Office

a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office

Office of the Dead

an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church

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religious ceremony, religious ritual

a ceremony having religious meaning