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Definition: Religious Ceremony |
Religious CeremonyNoun1. A ceremony having religious meaning. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Religious CeremonySynonym: religious ritual (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Religious Ceremony |
| English words defined with "religious ceremony": anele, anoint, anointer ♦ bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah ♦ choir, consecrated ♦ embrocate ♦ inunct, inunction ♦ libation ♦ officiant, officiate, oil ♦ religious ritual ♦ sacred, sanctification, sanctified ♦ unction. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "religious ceremony": attack on freedom of faith and freedom of worship ♦ BATH ♦ Nail fixed in the Temple ♦ rite ♦ sacrament. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Djibouti | Muslims are required to marry in a religious ceremony, and non-Muslim men may marry a Muslim woman only after converting to Islam. (references) |
Rwanda | The law provides for small fines and imprisonment for up to 6 months for anyone who interferes with a religious ceremony or with a minister in the exercise of his professional duties. (references) | |
Greece | There is no prohibition against Muslims becoming officers; however, few Muslim officers have advanced to the rank of reserve officer, and there were reports of pressure exerted on Greek Orthodox military personnel not to marry in the religious ceremony of their non-Orthodox partner, lest they be passed over for promotion. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | On November 30, five citizens attending a religious ceremony in Rolpa District reportedly were killed by gunshots fired from an RNA-manned helicopter. (references) |
Women | Iran | The law allows for the practice of Siqeh, or temporary marriage, a Shi'a custom in which a woman or a girl may become the wife of a married or single Muslim male after a simple and brief religious ceremony. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SACRAMENT, n. A solemn religious ceremony to which several degrees of authority and significance are attached. Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all -- for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-r-s-u-y" | |
-4 letters: ceremoniously. | |
-5 letters: numerologies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6C 69 67 69 6F 75 73 43 65 72 65 6D 6F 6E 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000011 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101111 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e l i g i o u s   C e r e m o n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006C 0069 0067 0069 006F 0075 0073 0043 0065 0072 0065 006D 006F 006E 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52717875737581878523771847179818091 |
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