sacred ceremony
Blessed formal observance
A sacred ceremony is a ritual performed with religious or spiritual significance, set apart from ordinary activities by its connection to the divine or transcendent.
Weddings, baptisms, funerals, and rites of passage are common examples.
The phrase emphasizes the solemnity and reverence involved: The tribe's sacred ceremony marked the summer solstice.
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
- prayerAddress to deity
- full moon ritualCeremony timed to lunar peak
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- peace pipeCeremonial smoking instrument
liturgy · meditation · ancestor veneration · wedding · christening · mass · bar mitzvah · chanting · anointing · baptism · funeral · vision quest · sun dance · breaking bread · fire dance · coming of age · ordination · laying on hands
- Hindu ritesdiksha, puja, fire ritual, aarti, religious vows
sacred ceremonyblack mass
Profane parody of communion
satanic ritual · desecration · sacrilege · defilement · profanation
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