holy rite
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
consecration · baptism · communion · altar · incense · prayer · chant · priest · vestments · chalice · offering · anoint · purify · devotion · worship · solemnity · procession · liturgy
- royal powerroyal authority, royal assent, sovereign rule, absolute monarchy, royal decree
holy ritesacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
desecration · blasphemy · profanation · abomination · civil ceremony
holy riteblack mass
Profane parody of communion
satanic ritual · devil worship · black magic · curse · witchcraft