religious_ceremony (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *religious ceremony*:
NOUN	act	religious ceremony, religious ritual	a ceremony having religious meaning / meaning

English > *religious ceremony*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A ceremony having religious meaning / meaning.
Synonym	religious ritual
Narrower	Mass	(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
	Oblation, religious offering	The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
	agape, love feast	A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
	confirmation	A ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young ... / young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
	libation	The act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
	rite, religious rite	An established ceremony prescribed by a religion
	sacrament	A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it
	sanctification	A religious ceremony in which something is made holy
	service, religious service, divine service	The act of public worship following prescribed rules
	unction, inunction	anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
Broader	ceremony	The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
Spanish	ceremonia religiosa, rito religioso
Catalan	cerimònia religiosa, ritu religiós

HyperDic: religious_ceremony