sacred rites
Solemn religious observances
Sacred rites are formal ceremonies or rituals considered holy within a religious or spiritual tradition.
The phrase emphasizes the solemnity and prescribed nature of such practices—baptisms, initiations, burials, sacrifices.
The priest performed the sacred rites over the body.
The term appears more in historical or literary contexts than everyday speech.
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- prayerAddress to deity
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- high priestChief temple officiant
priest · altar · holy water · hierophant · offerings · blood sacrifice · sacrifice · consecration · lustration · sacrament · worship · oblation · atonement · liturgy · breaking bread · theophany · mysteries · burning incense
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- ritualsrite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing, prayer
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Hajjhajj, Mecca, Makkah, Kaaba, Arafat
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
sacred ritesprofanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
commercial transactions · entertainment · recreational activities · common labor
sacred ritesdesecration
Violating something sacred
sacrilege · blasphemy · profanation · defilement · abominations