a ceremony having religious meaning

of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals

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

rites performed in connection with a death or burial

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

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

a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship